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Year: 1867

RULES FOR Cow MANAGEMENT.-Cows
should run dry six weeks before calving; if
MIXED closIey toward calving, the calves will
be poor. A COW newly come in should not
drink cold water in cold weather, but mode
rately warm slop. Calves, intended for rails
ing, should be taken from the COW within a
few days, and thay will be less liable to suck
when they are DID, Feed them first on new
milk for awhile, then skim milk taking care
that all the changes are gradual. by adding
only a portion at first. Hearty eaters are
desirable for COWS, and may usually be selec-
ted while calves. A dainty calf will be a
dainty COW. Heifers dried up too early after
calving, will always run dry about the same
time in after years-therefOre, be careful to
milk closely the first year, until about six
weeks before calving. Spring cows should
come in while they are yet fed on hay, and
before they are turned to grass, which will
be more likely to prevent caked bag and milk
feVer
Year: 1867

THE SECRET OF TANNING HoRsEs.-For
the oil of cummin the horse has an instincts
i've passion, and when the horse scents the
odor, he is instinctiVely drawn toward it.
The oil of Rhodium possesses peculiar prop
erties-all animals seem to cherish fond
ness for it, and it exercises a kind of SUBJ
DUNG influence over them. To tame horses,
procure some castor and CRATE it fine; also
get some oil of Rhodum and oil of Cummin;
keep the three separate in air-tight bottles
rob little oil of Cunmin on your hands and
approach the horse in the field on the wind.
ward side, so that he can smell the Cummin.
The horse will let you come to him without
trouble. Immediately put your hand gently
on the horses nose, getting a little of the oil
on it, You can then lead him anywhere. Give
him little castor on piece of loaf sugar or
apple. Put eight drops of Rhodium into a
lady's thimbe; take the thimble between the
thumb and middle finger ofyour right hand,
with your fore6nger stopping the mouth of
the thimble to prevent the oil from running
out while you are opening it, tip the thimble
on his tongue and he is your se:vant-he is
now your servant and friend. You can teach
him anything if you are gentle and kind.
Year: 1867

REGISTRY LAw.-There has been no
registry of voters in this County. under
the provisions of the late miserable nuis-
ance passed by the Legislature. The
Township Trustees generally knew moth.
ing of such law; or, if they had heard
of it. they had not seen q copy. The
question arises: Is the simple publication
Of an important law 10 some newspaper.
sufficient to give it effect Should not
officers be furnished with copies Of the
laws. from an official source, after their
publication. either in q newspaper or in
book form? Is it necessary that every
Township Trustee. Justice of the Peace,
and other official in the State, shall sub.
scribe for some paper in which the Leg
islature may take whim to publish the
laws, in order to learn what are his du.
ties Or, in case he does not do so, are
elections to be set aside, official acts de-
clared illegal, and everything thrown into
confusion? The laws were published in
the Lsavenworth Bulletin. AS no effort
seems to have been made to furnish off,
GERS with copies Of the laws from an Off
cial source. those who did not take the
Bulletin are still in ignorance as to their
duties.
Year: 1867

re- Wives who are not mothers, and
have no domestic care of children old
maids; the abandoned these three class
es furnish the staple of all who agitste or
wish the right of suffrage for the sex
The rest, composing nearly all the home
attributes of the sex. DO not ask or desire
the burden Of citizenship in this particu-
lar. Shall we thrust it upon them. and
compel them to go ont against their
wishes and feelings. and mingls in such
scenes as they shrink from, merely to
counteract the influence of the abandoned
of the sex? That is a strange method
of comforting q favor - Oskaloosa hde.
pendent.


There. you have it. Ye women who
imagine that you have sense enough. and
ought to have the right to vote, can read
your character above. Married women
who, on account of bad health, or from
some peculiarity of nature. have never
had children respectable ladies who are
not married, probably because they did
not choose to take up with any rake OF
the opposite sex and prostitutes, are all
ranked together. All women who desire
to vote, belong to either one or another
of the above classes-they are all con-
nected. and are on par. What do the
women of K ansas think ofthat? Such is
the pronunciamento Of that great light OF
Kansas editorial morality and dignity.
the editor of the Oskaloosa Independent
-snd preacher. too-yes, Great God
preacher
Year: 1867

LOWER Saw MILL.-A carpent er said
to as. the other day. that be would fire..
quently make considerable difference in
his prices for . job of work. if he knew
what mill the lumber Was to come from
that he could afford to dress the lum-
Der Of some mills ct much cheaper rates
than that Of others, on account of its
smoothness and straightness. That is
the kind Of Lumber Taylor & Ortous
make, at the Lower Saw Mill.
Year: 1867

If we need higher illustration not only
of the power of natural objects to adorn
language and crafty taste, but proof that
here We find the highest conceivable
beauty, we would appeal at once to the
Bible. Those most opposed to its teach
ings have acknowledged the beauty of its
language, and this is due mainly to the ex-
quisite use of natural objects for illustra-
tlon. 1t does indeed draw from every field.
But when the emotional nature has to be
appealed to, the reference was at once to
natural objects, and throughout all its
books, the stars, and flowers, and gems,
are prominent as illustrations of the beau
ties of religion and the glories of the
church.


The wilderness and the solitary place
shall be glad for them, and the desert
shall rejoice and blossom as the rose"


The mountains and the hills break
forth before you into singing, and all the
trees of the field shall clap their hands
Instead of the thorn shall come the fir
tree, and instead of the briar shall come
up the myrtle tree"


The power and beauties of the same
objects appear in the Savior's teachings.
The fig and the olive, the sparrow and
the lilly of the field, give peculiar force
and beauty TO the great truths they were
used to illustrate.


The Bible throughout is remarkable in
this respect. 1t is collection of books
written by authors far removed from each
other in time, and place, and mental cul-
ture, but throughout the whole nature is
exalted as a revelation of God Its beau
ty and sublimity are appealed to, to arouse
the emotions, to reach the moral and re-
ligious nature This element of unity
runs through all the books where refe-
rences to nature can be made. One of
the adaptations of the Bible to the nature
of man is found In the sublime and per-
! feet representation of the natural world,
by which nature is ever made to pro-
claim the character and perfection Of God
No language can be written that so per-
fectly sets forth the grand and terrible
in nature, and its forces, as We hear when
God answers JOB out of the whiriwind.-
No higher appreciation of the beautiful,
and OF God as the author of beauty, was
ever expressed than when our Savior
said of the lilies of the field, " | say unto
you that even Solomon, in all his glory,
was not arrayed like one of these;" and
then adds, 90 If God so clothe the grass of
the field" ascribing the element OF
beauty in every leaf and opening bud to
the Creators skill and power = Prof
| Chad6ourne.
Year: 1867

Ripe fruit is the medicine of nature
Nothing could be more wholesome for
man or child; and although green fruit
is, of course, almost as fatal as so much
poison, the ripe is fully as thorough a
health restorative and health preserver.
Strawberries are favorite with all classes
and constitute popular luxury. But
who can compute the amount of general
health promoted by this relish for straw
berries? Who can imagine how many
pills that relish throws out of the market?
or, in other words, to what extent these
pills prepared by Mother Nature, and
sugar coated, ras it were, to render them
more palatable, crowd out of use those
prepared by the chemist and the apothe-
cary?


Who can tell the number of disorder
ed livers, deranged stomachs, and afilict-
ed digestive apparatus generally, the CRATE
full acid of that delicious fruit gradually
restores to a sound condition, mocking
at all the skill of the ablest physician,
vindicating the simple laws of Hygeia
by their radical action, and teaching us
how often panacea for some of the most
painful of human maladies lies directly
at our feet, and is condemned because it
is so unassuming? After straw berries,
we doshomage especially to peaches and
apples. They are the kind OF drugs that
cost comparatively little and do compara-
lively much, when the patient is not too
far gone for the use of such pleasant
medicaments.


We knew person once who, believ-
ing himself in decline, and having been
completely worn out in patience by the
experiments of his doctors determined to
eat from four to six ripe apples every day
and note the result. In three months
he was well! We know of another who,
without being afflicted with any particu-
lar disorder, was never in good health,
and for twenty five years could scarcely
be said to enjoy a single weeks exemp-
tion from suffering. He then COM
menced the habit of drinking glass of
plain cider every morning, aud for the
next twenty-five years never had single
days illness. Such remedies are simple
aponob
Year: 1867

A curious incident happened "a few
days since in Schenectady. \ lady, who
has some property, and has been widely
known as handsome widow, after long
living in single blessedness, yielded to
the opportunities of lover, and consent
ed to be led to the hymeneal altar. 1t
was arranged that she should 60 in her
carriage to the place where the ceremony
was to come of, and there meet tho ex-
pectant bridegroom, The lady stepped
into the carriage, but was astonlshed by
gentleman stepping in after her, and
declaring that he would go along and see
her married 1t was her husband, with
whom she had not lived for years, but
who had, it seems, kept accurately posted
in regard to her movements. 1t is un-
necessary to say the wedding did not
come off, and when the expectant BRIDE
groom heard of the difficulty he vamosed
in haste,
Year: 1867

The first Lecture under the aus
pices of the Mineral Point Literary
Association will be delivered at
Lenahans' Hall, this evening. by
Rev. Mr.. AVERY, of Warren, Ills.
Subiect-VENICE, THE CRY OF THE
SEA.


Our citizens have long felt the
need of an association OF this kind,
and as the initiatory steps have been
taken fer its organization, we hope
all who favor its success will mani
fest their friendship by purchasing
a ticket for the Lecture this evening.
We think We can guarantee an in
tellectual treat. The lecturer is a
fine speaker, and the subject for this
evening cannot fail to interest all
classes of listeners.


If our citizens manifest a proper
interest in the matter, a course of
lectures by able men may be ex-
pected. The Association desire to
make the lecture selfsustaining,
hence the fee Of % cents to pay
hall rent, lights, etc. Whatever
funds may be raised more than the
actual expenses, will 90 into the
fLnd for procuring public library,
SO long needed in our city.


Let each one contribute his or her
mite. and success is certain As the
Association is not confined to the
city, we hope to see large number
from the country in attendance at
the lecture this evening, and also
numbered among the permanent
members OF the Association. The
object TO be attained is worth an
effort, and a proper effort will insure
success


Attend the Lecture this evening.
Year: 1867

ELOQUENT PAssAGE.-The best thing
Geo. ID. Prentice ever wrote is this inim>
table passage -" 1t cannot be that earth
is mans only abiding place 1t cannot
be that our life is bubble cast up by the
ocean of eternity, to float moment upon
its waves and sink into nothinguess. =
Else, why is it the high and glorious aspi-
rntions which leap like angels from the
temple of our hearts, are forever Wander
ing unsatisGed? why is it that the rainbow
and cloud come over us with beauty
that is not of earth, and then pass off to
leave us to muse on their loveliness 2
Why is it that the stars which hold their
festival around the midnight throne, arc
above the grasp Of our limited faculties,
forever hooking US with their unaproach-
able glory? And finally, why is it that
the bright forms of human beauty are
presented to our view and taken from us,
leaving the thousand streams of our af--
fections to flow back in an Alpine torrent
upon our hearts? +? We are born for a
higher destiny than earth. There is a
realm where the rainbow never fades,
where the stars will be spread out before
us like shadows and remain forever in our
presence.
Year: 1867

The question of removing General
Sheridan is engaging the attention of the
President and his advisers We judge
there is at least probability of his being
removed. He stands up so squarely fol
everything and everybody loyal and true,
and has such habit of demolishiug ev.
erything and everybody rot true and
loyal, that he has become unpopular with


Mr.. johnson, as he was with EeaTly in
the valley of the Shenandoah. The
country is quite ready for the Presidents
decision.
Year: 1867

The last horror comes from France.
A shoemaker living at La Lilette, near
Paris, has contrived, with the perverted
ingenuity of whole bestial, but, per-
haps, half-crazed mind, to illtlictan en-
tirely new species of anguish upon the
woman who was miserable enough to be
his wife. For a heightened period he
had been in the habit OF beating and
otherwise brutally maltreating the un-
fortunate wretch. The man was a
drtinkard. His principal reproacll
against the partner of his home was
that she refused him the means to pro-
cure drink; and in his endeavor to
wring his booty from her by torture, he
flung her to the ground, put his knee
on her chest, essayed to strangle her,
and then gouged one of her eyes OUT
lie told her deliberately that he intend-
ed there and then to kill himself, and
that she should be spectatress of his
death and g shudder at his grimaces. y
He tied her hand and foot, gagged her,





anG opening knife, swore that if she
dared to stir he would at once cut her
Throat. Next he slowly and coolly pro-
ceeded to hang himself to huge nail
which he had driven into the wall,
drinking while he was making his
preparations no less than fifteen glasses
of rum. Then, standing face to face
before the pinioned sufferer, he kicked
away the stool beneath him, and was
duly strangled, his victim being com.
PEELED, as in a hideous nightmare, help.
lessly to witness the eonvulsions of hi
limbs and the distortion of his features
At last the woman contrived to liberatt
herself from her bonds, and her shrieKi
brought up the neighbors and the police
The man was dead. rf...-
Year: 1867

IA first rate vinegar may be made by
the following eheapand simple process:


Boil pint of corn till about half dome
for three gollons. Put into jars or Jugs
and fill them up with hot water; sweet
ened with q pint of syrup-perhaps less


would do. Set them in the sun, audin
one or two weeks it will be first. rate
yinegar No one need to buy a poor
article when good one can be made
with so little trouble, s43i liut 5s4ldR
Year: 1867

The decided action Of General Sheridan,
anpulling the proscripti,e legislation Of
this State against Union soldiers az mem.
bers Of the city police force, und directing
Mayor Heath to adjust the present force
SO that at least one-half OF il shall be COM
posed Of those who we're inten ded to be
prescribed, has been generally received
with satisfaction by the Union men Of
New Orleans. There has not been regu-
laiion Of any kind promulgated in this
city for months that had so great tenden-
cy TO elevate the hopes Of the tried friends
OF National unity. II was said to be just
the thiug-just, in that il gave no prefer
ence to any. but merely insisted that those
who fought for the Union should be At
least on an equality with those who fought
against 1t. While the tone Of this order


is decided enough to please every body. still
il does not run into the exelusiyeness 30
long and invariably practiced by the par.
ties lately in power. The only limits In
this order, that we can discover on the
action ofihe Mayor, is the requirement of
two years residence, and that at least
one half OF the force ''shal be composed Of
ex. Union soldiers" Mayor Heath can
make the whole force, from the chief down
of ex Union soldiers If he chooses to do so.
How far he will 90 beyond the even. d.


vision, we can not say. AT any rate. the
one half that is already assured is enough
in itself TO cause the heart ofeyery Union
man here to feel light, and TO turn toward
General Sheridan with renewed confidence


With the men on guard in this city, who
have so often stood on guard on the battle
field, when the right and-liberties of the
nation were at;stake, the peace of-the city
will be assured; and we may soon look for
a marked decline in the prevailing rowdy-
ism and numerous personal ourrages that
have recently been committed daily.--Ne,c
Orleans R,,,ubIico. a.
Year: 1867

An Cd gentleman living in the interior
of Mississippi, some years ago, sent his
son to New Orleans to accept mercantile
situation offered him. lie was youth OF
high moral character. and his father took
great pains to acquant him with the fact
that vice in its most attractive garb would
surround him constantly. But said he
remember, my son, that your religion will
carry you safely. Only resist the tempia
ton TO do wrong, and you will not fail to
reach Heaven at last; and the man who
goes to heaven by way of New Orleans,
deserves the highest reward Of the right
e0us!'
Year: 1867

A Farmer near Terre Hautc, missing
corn from his crib set strong steel trap
in such position that the transgressor, in
reaching for his booty, would be likely to
get ~ hand into it, On going to the
crib at late hour the farmer found
one Of his neighbors fast in the trap.
Year: 1867

Year.


Another year has been added to the
most memorable and eventful period
Of American history. Although the
country has not fairly recovered from
the fearful shock of arms which for
four years shook it in every part like
o mighty earthquake, our material
prosperity has been successful beyond
precedent. The enormous debt accu-
mulated in the gigantic struggle to
save the Republic, and which ii was
prophisied would dwarf our enter
prise and cripple our energies, has
only served to stimulate the one and
encourage the other, Unexampled
as were our achievements and success
in war, our progress in peace has been
even more marvellous. SO great and
almost boundless are our resources,
and 80 vast our recuperative power,
that In the first year after the close
Of actual hostilities we have so far
recovered from the destructive effects
Of rebellion which has no parallel
in history, that already we have not
only revived our dropping commerce
and re-opened all the channels and
avenues Of trade, paid punetually the
interest of our public debt and the
current expenses Of the Government,
but reduced TO the extent Of hun
dreds Of millions the principal Of the
debt itself. II is no wonder that q
nation showing at once such remark
able vitality and almost superhuman
energy should be the admiration and
tho study Of the empires and king.
doms Of the Old World. IL was
something to demonstrate that self
government, government of tho peo-
pie, by the people, and for the people,
was no longer an experiment, but an
accomplished and fixed fact. But IL
is still more to show the world that,
having saved this government from
the threatened perils Of q rebellion
which would have engulphed any one
Of the great powers Of Europe, a free
and intelligent people can return 10
the quiet and useful pursuits Of pOaee
without either anarchy or the sem.
blance Of disorder. Though free from
the carnage and devastation Of war
and no longer menaced By armed
treason, the Republic has during the
present year been confronted BY 50.
fious and imminent danger Treas
on, defeated and yanquished on ths
battlefield, has been making a las
efortt0 retrieve its lost fortunes u
Year: 1867

DEING in receipt OF strictly choice dry White
ID Corn can now furnish a superior article ot
fresh ground Corp Meal-something that will not
spoil before you can get it home.


apr9 JOSHUA BEAL
Year: 1867

Alleged Fraudulent Issue OF Nearly
s4,OOO,OOO OF City Notes by the city
Yreasurer and Comptroller The
Mayors Opinion ON the Question of
Reputation.


NEW ORLEANS, June 26.-There is considerable
sensation in business circles here to-day in con-
sequence of an exposure by Mayor Heath, In
his message to the Common Council yesterday,
of an alleged fraudulent issue, without authori-
zation, of city notes to the amount of 81, ,232,772
since the date of August l, 1866, by Joseph Her
nandez, City Treasurer, and P. G. Mahan, Comp
troller. Two issues one of $600,00 and one Of
$400, 900, together with an over-issue of new
notes in place of worn-out currency to the
amount of S232, ,732, appear on the exhibits OF
the City Treasurer, and 1t is claimed this even
ing, on competent authority, that the over
issues will amount in total to the enormous
figure of SO, ,742, ,936 The matter is under inves-
ugation by the Common Council, and will most
likely end in the reputation by the city of the
illegal issue, and the removal of the officers
engaged in it.


The following is the opinion of Mayor Heath
upon the question OF repudiation:-"With this
exceedingly large volume of paper money
thrown upon the market, in addition to that
already issued by the city, it is not hard to
account for the great depreciation which has
taken place in the value of city paper, and can
not help shaking the confidence of the public in
it. If IL was sanctioned officially or otherwise





their powers, and must be viewed as equally
culpable with the officers already named, and l
look to the Council to make immediate eXami.
nation of this matter, and to take speedy mea-
sures for the removal of the parties guilty of
perpetrating this fraud upon the corporation
and the community. For the further and full
protection OF the Treasury of this city, it is also
necessary that all officers of the city should
be instructed not to receive any of the money
in question in payment of sums due the
city. The same having been issued without
authority, and by irresponsible persons, is
of no value in law, and the city can never
legally be made liable for it. No authority
having ever been vested in the present Trea-
surer and Comptroller to issue any new notes of
this city, these illegal notes can be readily dis
tlnguished by the signatures of themselves or
their deputies. 1t is to my personal knowledge
that, besides the large amount OF nearly mil
lion and quarter of dollars already illegally
issued the Treasurer and Comptroller are at the
present time engaged in making more of this
money; and even now we have nothing to
guide us as TO the amount actually put into cir
culation, except the statements of the Treasurer
himself, and 1t is also necessary that you should
take immediate steps to stop any further issue
OF new city notes."


The general opinion is that the Common
Council will vote to render legal the issues
already In existence, though their power to
legaliZe them is doubtful. In the meantime to-day
city notes have deprecated two.and-one-hal per
cent, and many parties refuse to take them at
all in payment in business transactions.