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Year: 1868

Flatulency, Sour stomach and Heartburn
are the warnings given by nature Of approaching dyspepsia
and liver complaint Avert the danger by using Bristo
garcoaed Pills They nvgrrate the liver strength
the stomach and enable the bowels their
tons with and regularity Occasional Rri-tos
sarsaparilla will greatly hasten jG9
Year: 1868

THEN AND Now. - Since the nomination of
General Grant for the Presidency the New York
World has had no kind word to say in his be-
half, either as n private citizen or military
hero Manton Marble is the editor now, and
was in 1865, when that leading Democratic or
gan said :--'' OF the steadiness and staunchness
of General Grants patriotism, or the upright
ness and solidity of his character, no man in the
country doubts or affects to doubt. Z \
On the score of loyalty and solid public services,
no man in the country can come into competi-
tion with this illustrious soldier. The
Presidency can be nothing to him he has a
more valuable office. But if, in the hands of
Providence, he could be an instrument for tran
QUILTING the country, that is an honor for which
he could afford to sacrifice ease. congenial pur-
suits and the possibility of still greater fame as
a soldier As Washington elected and re-
elected on the strength of his character and SER
vices, without pledges either asked or given, we
trust that Grant will be elected in the same
way. Having restored the authority of Govern
ment, we hope he may add the highest civic to
the highest military fame by restoring long-lost
cordaity of feeling"
Year: 1868

The telegraph cable between the
United States and Havana was
completed as far as the coast some
time ago. Within the last few days
the wires have been carried mp 10
the city Of Havana and to the pal
ace Of the Captain General.
Year: 1868

Some twelve hundred mechanics
Of Boston, who had managed 20 g,t
through the winter, hoping for u
Spring revival Of business, have be-
come thoroughly discouraged. and
will leave for California next week
The late discharges Of wOskmen
from the Navy yard bate caused
considerable suffering and a great
many Of these bcand for California
are among those once employed by
the Government
Year: 1868

ness First-and may kind Heaven have
mercy on their souls-the massacre of
the Peace Commission, so-called. by the
Indians. That would bring down the
vengeance of the Government. Second,
war upon the settlements, OF sufficient
magnitude to incite the mountain men
to expeditions that will leave Bear river
in the shade and q few hundred red
devils in the fond embrace of death.
This we consider most probable of the
two, and both these depend upon the
Indians Third, the building of rail-
roads across the Territories, not 20 i'm
mediate, but permanent and beneicent
in all their results. For the first we
have only the known treachery of the
Indians. For the second, it is the duty
of those in exposed localities in this
Territory to organize and ask to be fur
nishcd with the arms now in the Terri
tory tor that purpose. For the third
we should labor with assiduity and
earnestness, trusting to that, more than
to any other. for final and satisfactory
solution of trouble that began on the
Atlantic coast but must end on the
slopes of the Rocky Mountains.
Year: 1868

tigate the matter for themselves they
always give the Territory the benefit OF
doubt and are sure TO get the figures
high enough. Congress, on the other
hand, when too close listed to give the
matter the attention IL deserves, gives
the benefit of doubt to the other side and
is certain to have the amount placed low
enough. And thus it is that neither
party is ever satisfied with tho state
ments of the other. Let us hope that
the people of our Territory may, at no
distant day. form q society for the gath
ering of reliable statistics which shall,
when opportunity offers, be placed at
the disposal of Congress and be eventu-
ally laid before the people of the United
States-statistics which will not content
themselves with mere assertions, but
which will prove Montana to be, what
We claim, one of the richest mineral 20
gions and most favored portions of our
country.
Year: 1868

have the Northern road. and the ac-
complishment OF the branch woald in
oil probability retard the other for
years. We believe the subject only
needs consideration to make the North.
west a unit in objectingto to the branch
under present circumstances, and hold
ing fast to the determination that the
Northern shall. must. and will he built.
Year: 1868

DO not be afraid of q little fun at
home, good people! Don't shut up
your houses, lest the sun should fade
your carpets, and your hearts, lest n
hearty laugh should shake down
some of the musty old cobwebs there.
LII you want to- ruin your sons, let
them think that all mirth and social
enjoyment must beleft on the thresh-
hold without when they come home
at night. When once a home is re-
garded rs only place to eat, drink
and sleep In, the work Is begun that
ends I'm gambling houses and reckle q
degradation. Young people must
have fun and relaxation somewhere
If they do not find IL at their own
hearthstones, IL will be sought at
other and less profitable places.
Therefore, let the fire burn brightly
at night. and make the home de-
lightful with all those little arts that
parents so perfectly understand.
Don't repress the buoyant spirit OF
your children. Half an hour OF mer.
riment, round the lamp and freight
at home, blots out the remembrance
OF many care and annoyance during
the day and the best safeguard they
can take with them into the world Il
the unseen influences of q bright lit
tie domestic sanctum. A home with
mirth and cheerfulness is one of the
dearest of earth's possessions.
Year: 1868

A number ofyears ago accidental
~ discovered that bee hive under
cover, where rain or snow could not
fall In it, might stand with the lid
or cover off through tho coldest
weather, and no frost or wet would
accumulate I'm the hive. Having
made this accidental discovery, L
concluded next winter to put IL into
practice. had narrow shed, just
long enough to hold eighteen hives,
the ends aud one side were already
boarded up. boarded up the other
side, leaving door to go in Mt made
1t as tight AZ | could with common
rough boards: still there were some
cracks through which the light peep
ed In. 1 took the cover off all the
hives, they stood there all the win
ter perfectly dry, not particle, OF
wet or frost was To be seen about
them, but some Of the bees would
get out at the cracks on bright days,
and were lost because they could not
find their way back again. Very
early I'm March they became SO rest
less aud SO many would get out, that
was compelled to put the covers on,
to open the front OF the shed and let
them go. thought, then, that Ii /
had something to put over the hive
that would keep ittiark, and yet let
the damp vapor pass off freely In the
open air. / should have just the thing
that was wanting, but 10 cost me
several years study and experiment.
To make that discovery.--W. Y. Sin
gleton, Springfield W.
Year: 1868

| From Halls journal OF Health.


First To think the more n man
eats, the fatter aud stronger he will
become.


Second-To believe the more hours
children study mt school the faster
they learn.


Third-To conclude that IL exer-
else is good for the health, the more
violent or exhausting it Is, the more
good Is done.


Fourth--To imagine that every
hour taken from sleep is an hour
gained.


Fifth-To act on the presumption
that the smallest room In the. house
Is large enough to sleep in.


Sixth--to argue that whatever REM
edy causes one to feel immediately
better, Is "good forn the system
without regard to more ulterior eff
fects. The soothing syrup" for
example, does stop the cough of chill
dren, does arrest diarrhea, only to
cause little later alarming convul-
tion on the brain or water on the
brain; or, at least, always protect
the disease. "


Seventh--To commit an act which
II felt In itself to be prejudicial, hop
ing that somehow or other IL may be
done in your case with impunity.


Eighth--To advise another to take
II remedy which you have not tried on
yourself, or without making special
inquiry whether all the conditions
are alike.


Ninth-To eat without an appetite
or to continue to eat after Ii has been
satisfied, merely to crafty the taste.


Tenth-To eat a hearty supper for
the pleasure experienced during the
brief time IL Is passing down the
throat, ut the expense of whole
night of disturbed sleep, and wea-
ry waking In the morning.


Eleventh--To remove portion Of
the covering Immediately after ex-
ercise, when the most stupid dray.
man in New York knows that IL he
does not put n cover OH his horse the
moment he ceases work iu the win
ter, he will loose him in few days
by pneumonia.


Twelfth-To contend that because
the dirtiest children In the street, or
highway, are hearty and healthy,
therefore 10 Is healthy to be dirty !;
forgetting that continuous daily ex-
posure to the pure outdoor air in
joyous unrestrained activities Is such
a powerful agency for health, that
those who live thus are well in spite
of rags and Nth, .... a.. '..


Thirteenth-To presume to repeat
later I'm life, without injury, tho in.
discretions, exposure and intemper-
ance which in the flush of youth
were practiced with impunity.


Fourteenth-To believe that warm
air Is necessarily impure, or. that
pure, cold air Is necessarily more
healthy than the confined air of q
crowded vehicle; the latter at most
can only cause fainting and nausea
while entering a conveyance after
walking briskly, lowering a window
thus while still exposed to q draft,
will give cold infallably, or an at
tack of pleurisy or pneumonia, which
will cause weeks and months Of suf-
fering, IL not actual death within
four days. - .. ..


Fifteenth - To remember the
Sabbath day" by working harder
and later OH Saturday than any 9TH
er day In the week. with n view To
sleeping next morning, and staying
at home all day to rest, conscience
being quiet by the plea of not feeling
very wall #I s..-Is .H. r." ...#t
Year: 1868

ACID SToMAcH.-Prepared chalk,
to be found always ut druggists, Is an
excellent remedy for this complaint,
and all unpleasant headaches and
sickness to which Ii gives rise. This
Is one form of dyspepsia. and Is some-
times relieved by the use of this sim-
pie remedy.
Year: 1868

: Tho LorwaM Experiment indulges in
the following plain talk


If tho Radical papers that donouce
the Ohio Legislature for obliging all
parties to PRINT election ticlSots on plain
white paper were dispisod to be fair IN
their criticisms, they would tell their
readers that tho effect OF such law
would be TO stop the pracTIce Of fraud
aud force by either party, and give
perfect freedom to the voter TO deposit
his ballot Without hope of reward or
fear of punishment. This is just rs 1t
should be, and no man, unless he socks
to commit some outrage on the rights
of freemen, would desire 1T otherwise.
This will enable poor men in the en-
ploy of Radicals 10 vote as they see
proper, with no fear OF being thrown
out OF employment for so doing. 1t
will apply with equal force to man in
the employ Of Democrat.


The reason why Radical editors are
so bitter against this action ofthe Leg


slature, is because they see no hopo of
the success Of the bondholders' ticket
except by the appliance Of the party
lash 10 poor mon whose interest lies
with greenbacis and Pondloton. Tho


aboring mon Of the country are get
ting tired of supporting bondholders
and negroes in idleness, while they are
Obliged to sweat and toll to keep them
selves from starvation. We tell the
aristocratic bondholder that God viii
not long suffer the manned soldier, the
widows and orphans of the fatisn brave
to be outraged by such unjust taxation
upon labor. Justice will be heard
though she looks upto heaven will
eyes flooded with tears. A retrbutlol
most terrible awaits the merclless mon
ey lords who oppress and rob labor o
it's hard earnings.
Year: 1868

OVER the river, on the hill,
Lieth a village white and stlli
All'around II the forest trees
Shiver and whisper in the breeze
Over it sailing shadows go
or soaring hawk and screaming crow,
And mountain grasses, low and sweet,
Grow in the. middle Of fevery street.
Over the river, under the hill,
Another village lieth still
There see in tho cloudy night
Twiukling stars of household light,
Fires that CLEAN from the Smithy's door
Mlsts that curl on the river shorej
And in the road no grasses grow,
For the wheels that hasten TO and fro.
In that village on the Hill
Never is sound of smithy or mill sH.st
The houses are matched with grass and flowers
Never clock to tell the hours
The marble doors Ne alwa-s shut,
All the villagers lis-asleepi


Never again to SOW or reapi


Never in dreams TO moan or sigh,
Silent, and idle, and few they lie.
In that village, underline hill,


When the night is starry and still,


Many a weary soul in prayer


Looks TO the other village there.


And weeping and signing, longs to go,
Up to that home from this below


Longs TO sleep in the forest wild,


WHITTIER have vanished wife and child


And hearing, praying, this answer falli


"Patiencel that village shall hold ye all -
Year: 1868

The Pittspurg Post of Tuesday,
makes the following important state
ment


awe are informed by Democratic
Senator Of this State that during the
session cacous was held Of the Dam
oeratic Senators, and 1t turned out
rather unexpectedly that there was
but one dissenting vote tho greenback
doctrine, and that senator was n bond
holder. There can DO no doubt where
the people are on this question, East
and West, and politicians must learn
to respect them or taKe back seat"


The New York Herald, IN an article
on the greonback question, says:


"One of the signs to which we refer
was shown IN the State Assembly last
week, when it took up the Balcolm res
olutions offored in the early part Of the
session and passed them. These re-
quest Congress to pass law provid-
ing, among other things, for the pay
ment of the National debt IN groen.
backs"
Year: 1868

in Virginia. Now then which party be-
lieves in amalgamation." We must
build on the basis Of equal rights. The
black man deserves well at our hands.
He seeks instruction eagerly. He worked
well and fought well for us in the war.
Here Mr.. Culver gave most eloquent
tribute to the bravery of the black sol
diers at Fort Wagner, and to the brave
Shaw, of whom the rebels said in reply
to the flag of truce for his body: "we
have buried him with his niggers." 1t
was such burial as he would have asked,
and the noblest monument to him will
rise yet, not on his unmarked grave, but
in the advancement and elevation Of the
race, for whom and with whom he died.


Now the path OF safety lies ahead,
Let us go through with what we have
begun. Let us 60 into this campaign as
we went into that of 1864 Vermont
fred the first gun in that. 1t was not a
big piece, but the powder was firstrate,
and the echoes rolled across the country
till Maine took them up and echoed them
back, and we knew that all was we'll.
So we shall listen again for the gun from
Vermont, and you must see to it that it
has the true ring. The times are hope
full. / do not pretend to be a prophet
though l think / am as good a one as
Mr.. Seward. At least | have never made
a prediction to the freemen of Vermont
that proved false; and / now prophecy
that forty suns will not rise and set be-
fore Andrew johnson sinks into private
life, when the waters will close over him
and no sign be left to show where he went
down. Let us only fight manfully
through, maintain justice and equal
rights, protect the men who fought our
battles, and all will come out right.


Gen. Grant will have been nominated
by the people long before these delegates
reach Chicago. I trust that they will
see to it that behind him is placed true
man, in the second place on the ticket.
Had that been done at Baltimore Mr..
Lincoln would be now alive. That done,
triumphant victory is ours.


Mr.. Culver's speech was often inter-
rupted, and ollowed, by hearty applause.
Year: 1868

There is no season of the year at which
so much care ought to be taken of the
health as the present. The sudden chan
ges to which we are liable, the thermom-
eter one day rangingat zero, and the next
standing at fifty degrees, the cold lake
winds which sweep the city from end to
end, and the badness of many of our
crossings and sidewalks, which render it
next to impossible to go abroad without
getting wet feet, render it necessary that
the utmost pains should be taken to guard
against the effects Of these causes bv all
who are anxious to preserve sound and
permanent state Of health.


Notwithstanding the truth of this is 50
patent, not one person in hundred takes
the commonest precaution in going out,
for go out one must. 1t is not by staying
indoors that health is guaranteed. The
body and feet should be warmly clothed,
but notso warmly as to create perspiration
in slow walking. If heavy overcoat is
worn on cold day, lighter one should
be put on when the weather is twenty de-
grees warmer


By bundling up every day alike, the
clothing soon becomes insufficient for a
cold spell, and a constant chillness is felt
which results in cold, then cough,



perhaps fever, and sometimes ends with
death. With so many physicians in COM
munity, and with the example of so many
imprudent friends and acquaintances
constantly before us, it would naturally
be supposed that the lessons of preserving
health might be learned by every person
capable of reason. 1t is shameful fact,
however, that such is not the case, or, if
it is learned, it is never made use of. We
are all guilty of what we may justly term
criminal neglect. We see the right, ap-
prove it, yet neglect to follow its precepts
Every year we mourn the loss of those
who, with the commonest precautions as
to their health might have been amongst
US now. We ascribe the results of this
negligence to the will of God" and the
dispensation of Providence" when in
reality it is little better than suicide.


We wish there were some way of bring
ing home this truth to community that
it might have its proper effect, but we
despair of any such result. The argu.
ments have been used by physicians and
psychologists times without number, and
with little effect, and we suppose it will
be to the end Of time Gin. Times
Year: 1868

out. A bargain was made, and when
the season opened up, Benjamin worked
seven days for the farmer to pay for the
book. Mr.. Wade says the most difficult
thing to solve, he ever met with was al
zebra. He was working on farm when
he commenced studying it he had no
one to show him, and he read il over fifty
times without understanding it. Often,
when following the plow, he thought for
hours over the mysterious signs and let
lers in the book, untA they seemed as
large as the palm of his hand. He had
looked at them so often they were con-
stantly before his eyes, as clearly as if
they were painted on canvass, but he
could make nothing out of them. Grad
ually he began to comprehend them, and
he has not forgotten, to this day, the pro-
positions he then studied and solved.
When about eighteen, Mr.. Wade came to
the conclusion that the East was poor
place for a young man, and determined
to seek his fortune in the far West. Af-
ter revolving the proposition in his mind
for two years, he fixed upon Chicago,
then small village, as the place of his
future residence. With seven dollars in
his pocket, a pack upon his back, in
which was his clothes, and stout stick,
young Wade set out on foot to walk from
Massachusetts, to Illinois, by way of New
York, for he was determined to see the
great city about which he had heard so
much.


What must have been the feelings of
the old senator, when, more than thirty
years afterward, he, great, rich, sur
rounded by friends, was carried in gilded
cars on special trains over the country,
and in great professions amid huzzaing
thousands, through the streets of the very
cities where, when boy, he had trudged
with his pack and stick.
Year: 1868

The name of Benjamin F. Wade, of
Ohio, has been familiar one to the peo-
pie of this country for more than thirty
years, but at no time has it attracted so
much attention as at the present mo-
met The fact that Mr.. Wade-if Mr..
johnson is convicted of high crimes and
misdemeanors,-wi succeed the presi-
dental chair under circumstances such
as never before happened in the history
of the country, is of itself sufficient to
make the people desire to learn all they
can of the new President.


b. f. Wade was born at Feeding Hills
Parish, West Springfield, Mass, on the
9th day of October, 1900, and is there
fore in the sixty-eighth year of his age.
His father, James Wade, was a soldier
in the war of the Revolution, and fought
at Concord, Lexington, and Bunker HILL


He was made prisoner in one Of the bat
ties, and confined at Halifax for long
time. His mother was the daughter of a
Presbyterian clergyman, and woman of
great force of character and strength of
mind. The venerable senator often speaks
of his mother, dead long, long ago, and
his eye will brighten, and his voice grow
soft with emotion, when he tells of "that
good New England MOTHER His moth
er taught him to read and spell, and
having kept the small library of her
father, Benjamin read the dozen books in
it through several times. While his
father was in the war fighting for the
independence of his country, the good
mother was at home taking care of the
children. The family, to use Mr.. Wade's
own words, "was one of the poorest in
New England" and the mother could
barely find enough food and clothing for
her children. There we're ten children,
of whom Benjamin was the youngest and
ugliest When Benamin's father re-
turned from the war, he was broken in
health and spirits, and seemed to have
lost all his former energy and sprightli-
ness. Ben early sought to relieve his
parents of the burden of keeping him,
and lived out among the farmers, doing
all kinds of work for his boarding and
clothes. When almost young man, he
worked hard many day for twenty-five
and fifty cents. In winter, he tended the
farmers horses and cattle for his board


and went to school, often walking several
miles daily through the deep snow. He
was in the habit of borrowing books and
read them through the night, and early
manifested great desire to study, espe
cially history and the biographies of men
) We will here relate an anecdote of Mr.


Wade, which will serve to show wha


kind of boy he was, and point mora
|, for our American youth. He had Dor
rowed history of farmer, and one even
ing left it laying on the window bottom
: and, the sash being up, the wind blew tn
rain in during the night and ruined tn
book. Much mortified, young Benjamin
r next morning went to the farmer, an,
2 told him what had happened, and sal,
, that, although he was too poor to pa,
5 for the book, he was willing TO work
Year: 1868

SHARPENING LEAD PENcIIs-A mar
row blade "a pen blade-should be used
for this purpose, as the back of wide
blade is almost certain to break the lead
point just before the point is finished. A
little thought will readily show the rea-
son Of this.