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Year: 1874

PAY AS You Go.-Tha Southern pa
pers are descanting ON the ruin sure to
follow getting in debt to carry on farm
ing operations. One farmer who stop
ped asking or giving credit, few years
ago records it as his experience that he
can now buy more than he ever bought
before, and sell more. The case is men-
toned of the French, who never 90 in
debt, and who, having been saving mon
ey since the days Of the first Napoleon,
have become the richsst nation in the
world; which stems proved by the fact
that the German indemnity Of a thou
sand millions of dollars, which they
were obliged to pay, has been all dis
charged in two years, while we here
have been struggling for eight years
with twice as much. Perhaps the wealth
of the French farmer arises as much
from the small farm system, and the
high cultivation they give the soil. -
There is a vast difference between farm
ing in loose way and having all work
done in the best manner.
Year: 1874

q Off with your hat. my 10y, when
you enter the house. Gentlemen never
keep their hats Cd in the presence of
ladies, and if you always take yours of
when only mamma and the girls are by,
you won't forget yourself and be morti-
fed when guest or stranger happens
to be in the parlor. Habit is stronger
than anything else, and you will always
find that the easiest way to make sure of
doing right on any special occasion, is
to get into habit of doing right. Good
manners cannot be put on at moment S
notice. Hearth and Home.
Year: 1874

A WOMAN OF BIZ NEss.--There is a
lady in this city who is author, doctor,
artist and actress, and who has won
success in each of the four professions.
After breakfast in the morning she will
write for couple of hours on book or
essay for the periodical that employs
her. From 10 to 2 she practices medicine
and receives patients in her Office. She
then works at her easel as a painter till
6, and makes pretty pictures which al
ways find a ready sale. After dinner
and an hours, she will 90 to the theatre
where she is engaged and play the part
for which she may be set down in the
cast. Did you ever know any man that
could do anything like thisl Besides all,
she is accomplished in the pretty fem
inine arts, knows bow to make her own
clothes, is the mother of what Walter
Whitman calls bully boys" and un-
derstands how to uso her income from
all her professions Nep York Letter.
Year: 1874

A farmer cut down q tree that
stood so near the boundary line of his
farm that it was doubtful whether it
belonged TO him or his neighbor. The
neighbor, however, claimed the tree, and
prosecuted the man who cut it for dam
ages. The case was sent from court to
court. Time was wasted, temper sour
ed and temper lost, but the case was
finally gained by the prosecutor. The
last we heard Of the transaction was that
the man who gained the cause went to
tho-lawyer's Office to execute deed Of
his whole farm, which he had been COM
PEELED to sell to pay his costs. Then,
houseless and homeless, he thrust his
hands into his empty pockets and tri :
umphantly exclaimed, "I've beat himl'
Year: 1874

1 Paul does not tell exactly what
was the trouble with Timothy's stomach.
He may have had dyspepsia, or cancer,
or have been afflicted with"a goneness. :"
But old John Pierpont once said that he
never appreciated the reason and wis
dom of Paul's medical advice to Time
thy until he travelled through that part
of Asia and tried to drink the water
found there. 1t was so bad that wine
was positive necessity.
Year: 1874

~ A poor Turkish slater of Con-
stantinople being at work upon the roof
of a house, lost his footing and fell into
the narrow street upon a rIan. The
pedestrian was killed by the concussion,
while the slater escaped without mates
rial injury. A son of the deceased
caused the slater to be arrested. The
cadi listened attentively, and in the end
asked the slater what he had to say in
his defence. Dispenser of Justice, -
answered the accused, sit is even as
this man says; but God forbid that there
should be evil in my heart. 1 am a
poor man and know not how to make
amends" The son of tie man who
had been killed thereupon demanded
that cordign punishment should be in
fiicted upon the accused. The cadi
meditated few moments, and finally
said: 1t shall be So" Then to the
slater he said: "Thou shalt stand in
the street where the father of this young
man stood when thou didst fall on him. -
And to the accuser he added: "Thou
shalt, if it please thee, go upon the roof
and fall upon the culprit, even as he fell
upon thy father. Allah be praised
Year: 1874

which has been referred to the proper com
mittee and which covers all the ground.
1t is proper bill and if this one were like
it would vote for it. We have been
down in our pockets once and will not
vote to go again to put new shoes or some
other trappings in some little Offices who
never did any work. move the committee
arise.


The committee .osa and the House then
adjourned.
Year: 1874

To any one who has ever enjoyed the
pleasure of eating a pOne or hOecake OF
genuine fresh corn-meal made of Southern
white corn, the taste of the dry and heavy
substitute for it found on our hotel aud
restaurant tables of this city affords sad
and unsatisfactory contrast, and we great
ly wonder that some of our enterprising
Grocers in this and other Northern cities
do not arrange with a good house in
Charleston, or Savannah, or further inland
along the line of the railroads to ship them
a regular supply. We know that many
of our retail grOcers have up the sign Of
"Southern corn-meal," but they do not
pet the genuine article. We do not mean
meal ground here from Southern corn,
nor meal ground in the South and then
kiln-dried and shipped here. We know
that kind of meal can be got. what we
refer to is meal ground from the fresh
corn, after fully matured and hardened, by
one of the regular old and old-fashioned
slow-going, OvershOt water-wheel mills,
found on the creeks all over the South.
All, such batter-cakes, and egg-bread, and
thin. wafer-like hOe-cakes as that kind OF
meal makes is as much superior to the
stale and improbable stuff we get here, as
sweet and succulent timothy grass Is 10
dry shucks or fodder. They say such
fresh meal will not bear transportation,
that it will become sour and mOldy. That
is true. if it was intended to keep it long
on hand. but we venture the prediction
that the house that receives such simon
pure corn-meal, would not have chance
to see whether it would become sour on its
hands.-AnericGn Grocer.
Year: 1874

At the conclusion of the afternoon per-
formance, while the people in attendance
were looking at the menagerie, some boys
annoyed the elephant by giving him sticks,
tobacco, etc., which made him so angry
that he reached out his trunk for the
Youths nearest to him, and partially encir-
cled three of them. Two managed to get
away. but one, aged about twelve years,
son of III. Luhrs, of the SaZarac saloon,
was caught by the elephants trunk, turned
around two or three times, and then raised
TO the beasts mouth, the animal seeming
to have the intention of biting him. In
fact. his head was raised so high and with
such force that the boys felt hat had a
hole broken in its top by collision with one
of the elephants tusks. A number OF men
sprang forward to cause the animal TO re-
lease his hold upon the boy, which he did,
throwing him aside with such violence chat
his right forearm was broken. The AMI
NAL was much excited for about ten Min
utes. and prevented the boys hat being OBJ
tanned during that time. The elephants S
keeper was not present at the time, aRd no
precautions had been taken to keep chill
tiren and other persons at a proper dis
tance from him. The boy who was hurt
had hls left arm broken by an accident
about year ago.-,SaerameHto (Cat.)
Union.
Year: 1874

A New York exchange gives glowing
account of the success of naturaliZlng An
CORA goats on the Pacific coast. The artl-
Gle is in the main correct, except that the
preference is given to California as the
place where these animals thrive best.


That is not true. California is too moist
country in winter, and too warm-at least
in the valleys and foot-hills-in summer,
for the raising of Angora goats 10 perfec-
ton. These animals can bear any amount
of cold, and live on the toughest kind OF
food. but they cannot endure the winter
rains of California. After few weeks old,
in ordinary weather. they will get along
well enough; but baby Angora is almost
as helpless and needs almost rs much al
tention as a human baby, and one cold
rain on yOungster of the mohair family
is finisher for him. Again. the stlple OF
this goat is neither so long. fine nor heavy
in California a. Nevada. They are essen
tally an animal of high attitudes. and do
not seem 20 either thrive well or produce
an average feece near the level Of the sea,
Year: 1874

Not many of the older residents of Des
MOines have forgotten Miss Mary Hay, a
lady who practiced wOman's rights if she
didn't preach them. In stature she was
full six feet, powerfully formed and strong
er than most of the men in the settlement.
She could fell tree with the skill of an
accomplished wOodman, and drive cattle
equal to the best bull-whacker on the
plains. She was an expert with a rifle and
could drop ball into a squirrel in the top
of the tallest tree. She was also an ac-
complished navigator and frequently
operated ferry across Coon River. The
tales told of her prowess and strength are
legion.


On one occasion she was ferrying Chief
Justice Williams over Coon River in a
skiff. The ChiefJustice, with accustomed
gallantry, essayed to make love to his oars
woman. Mary resented this, and reaching
ing for the head of the Judiciary with an
arm and hand that would fell an OK,
threatened to pitch him into the river if
there was any more of that kind of nom
sense. The Justice may have been will
ing to face room full of lawyers, but he
didn't care to try the strength of that
brawny arm, and quickly postponed all
endearments.


Although an Amazon in size, Mary had
ber full share of the feminine desire to dress
well. On 'One occasion she appeared at
church with a little jaunty hat of the latest
cut, small parasOl, and a short dress and
pantalets. A stranger from the East was
doing a small job of worship at the shrine,
and CHANGING TO see the lady in that cos
tune smiled audibly. Mary saw the ridi-
cule and her wrath was kindled. When
church was over she sought the abode of
that Down Easter with the expressed de
termination of ''thrashing the ground with
him." The tidngs of her intent preceded
her, and when She hove in sight of his
clearinghouse he lit out for thick brush
and remained concealed until she departed.
Subsequently she make other wrathful
visits for the same dire purpose, but each
time the Eastern man evaded her, and fin
ally the difficulty was amicably settled by
the interpOsitiOn of mutual friends.


On one occasion there was a berrying
party somewhere in this vicinity, the ladies
being the hosts and furnishing the teams
to haul their guests to the berry patch.
Mary invited a gentleman yet living in
Des Moines, and at that time a u. S. official
When the time arrived for starting. the
lady appeared at the door of his office,
driving two yokes of cattle attached to a
farm wagon. and sang out for her escort
to hurry. He didn't move quite fast enough
to suit her, and she picked him up, chair
and all, and placed him in the wagon, and
then with a "G'lang Buck that could
have been heard across the river, started
after berries.


She was as brave as she was massive. and
when some drunken Indians once refused
to leave her premises, she seized a hoop
pole and drove them from thence single
handed.


Subsequently, Mary married an estima-
BILE gentleman in an adjoining county, a
county officer, with whom she started for
California, but died on the way.-DeS
Moines Reqister.
Year: 1874

The vines of peanuts, which are eXten-
sively raised in the South for the edible
nuts. make excellent forage. Relating to
this, Tennessee correspondent OF the
Department of Agriculture says:


The peanut has been our principal crop
since the war until last year, 1873, for
which estimate the crop at $4,000 BUSH
els. The hay saved is worth 10 the farmer
about half the market price of the pea. 1t
is very nutritious, and, when calefslly
gathered and cured, all stock will eat it
greedily. The pea-digging time COM
mences in the latter part of september,
and continues until about the first of No
vember. The implement used is some
thing like a sHbsoil plow; furrOw is run
on each side of the row, lOosening the soil
without turning it. A boy or girl follows
the plOw, after the second furrOw is
turned, catches the top of the vine and
turns it bottom upwards. exposing the pea
to the sun, where it lies from one and a
half to three days, if clear weather. An
eight foot stake is then driven into the
ground sufficiently deep to prevent the
wind from blowing it down.


The vines are gathered and packed
around the stake, pea inside, in which pO-
sition the pea will remain all winter with
Oub llltuIN. lHOSt WIN lldNt bdl ho vi
sheds, under which to pick off the pea,
commence hauling these small stacks as
soon as their other farm duties will per-
nit, and then commences the picking sea-
son. As the pea is picked off, the vine is
carefully housed for the stock. Those
who have no sheds or barns let the stacks
remain in the field and pick off the pea,
restocking the hay as leisure or the wealth
er will permit. They subsequently haul
the hay as it is needed. The average yield
per acre is about 1,2OO pounds; in a wet
season the yield is greater. The hay is
fed alone. 1t will increase the milk of a
cow threefold. | know of many instances
where cows have been kept i'll good beef
condition and giving an abundance of milk
all winter. Apeighbor Informed me that
he wintered sixteen head of beef cattle on
his hay (pea hay), feeding nothing else,
and drove them to market last spring, re-
ceiving fair price, though not so much
as he would have realized had they beer
fed on grain
Year: 1874

An old man, VIM. Craig, died suddenly
last Monday. He had gone TO neigh
boris house and eaten breakfast, and was
standing in the door when he dropped
dead. He was a singular genius. For
nearly twelve years he has refused to live
in a house, and for number of years he
has made his in large hollow tree, doing
his own cooking and washing, This tree
was finally blown or burned down, and ne
dug a hole in the ground, where he lived
up to the day of his death. During the
war he was robbed of some four or five
hundred dollars, the accumulation of
years of toll and industry, and this loss
probably unbalanced his mind and caused
him to lead this singular, hermit-like life.
At the time of his death he was believed
to be the possessor of some money, but it
is thought he has buried it where it will
never be found. He appears to have lived
a quiet, peaceable, blameless life, shut out
from the rude world in undisturbed seclu-
sion and solitude.-MddisonUiI (Ky.)
TTynee
Year: 1874

HoRUKo is the name of the young Jap
anese Empress, and very strong minded
and sensible woman she Is. She has the
hardihood TO allow her eyebrows 70 grow
70 their natural length. and TO permit her
teeth to olisten with their own pearly
whiteneSs. instead of being blocked as
those of all other ladies of the better class
are in Japan.
Year: 1874

PHILADELPHIA TRADE-The amount of
business done by produce commission
merchants in Philadelphia, would hardly
be credited by those who do not particu-
larly have their attention called to the fact
A walk through the principal thorough
fares of that city where these men most
do congregate will convince the observer
not only of the extent of the trade but of
the care required to bring good results to
shippers. Quick sales and prompt returns
are indeed the watchwOrd's S with these ac
tive and enterprising merchants, and. of
course it is very desirable to send goods
only to such men as combine activity with
good Judgment and integrity This last
requisite is especially necessary since ship
pers are so much at the mercy Of their
merchants, owing to their distance from
them, that unfair advantages could easily
be taken and remain undiscovered. In
passing along South Water ST.. Philadel
phia, short time since we noticed the
name of James p Shoop 4 Co., located at
No. So. Though still young they give
evidence of having in them elements
VI SuCCCSS. Hty HCShi W DC dtiun
thriving business, and are said to be in
every respecc reliable. With facilities for
handling large amount of western pro-
duce, such as poultry, butter, eggs and
dried fruit, it probably will not be long be-
fore they will take a leading rank in the
trade in which they already have made
such rapid advances. 1t might be well for
western shippers to communicate with
tt en- Philadelphia is improving in every
way. Its buildings are being put up with
more style, and its warehouses are more
extensive and massive, while its great
Paramount Park is becoming the most ia
nous one in the world. Its trade is grow
ing enormously, so much so as to awaken
the apprehension OF the neighboring cities


and in no business is the increase more
marked than 10 that of western produce Of
all kinds. A great trade centres there
and is distributed throughout the world


and with the railroad facilities for receiv


ing, and ocean steam lines for distributing


no better market can be opened
Year: 1874

There ia a rumor in Springfield that the Su-
promo Court has declared tho Tax-Grab law OF
1869 and tho law authorizing tho assessment Of
capital stock unconstitutional. The Supreme
Court would do itself credit by such action.
Year: 1874

Carpenter did for tho pross-gag bill. In tho
Senate what Butlor tried to do for it In tho
House. Carpenter favors restoration of tho
franking privilege. Carpenter is fast becoming
the Ben Butler Of tho Senate.
Year: 1874

Referring to the recent able speech of


Senator Carpenter upon the present


unhappy condition of Louisiana, the


New York Times says:


"IIe declared that he never could


reflect on the position of affairs in that


state without mingled emotions of
shame and sorrow'-and we cannot
nouot that every intelligent man who
,'as mas examined the subject fully shares
MS FEELINGS. Look ut it I'm what way
you please, no one can deny that. under
such Government as ours. It Ia n terri
PIC scandal to have a great State kept
IN the condition In which we see Lou
lsiana Mt t. lis moment. There arc other
Southern States which are more or less
unfortunate, but perhaps Louisiana ia


tho most to be pitied. Senator Carpen-
ter warns the Republican Party that


1t cannot march under this heavy load


much longer. For this he will probably


he ccused Of infldelity to his party-for


we have apparently arrived at that


very dangerous point at which an hon
est and independent criticism is re-
garded as an act of treachery. There
are foolish members In Congress, even
IN our own State, who think that it is
tho duty of a public man or a public
journal to register the DEGREES of n
eli. .ue, and If II word of protest is utter
ed, they threaten to ostraclze tho man
or abolish tho journal. We should
like to SEQ these idiots begin their
work-at present everybody of any
sense can SEQ that the Republican party
tAust deal with tho great questions OF
the day in Il frank aud liberal spirit, or
be destroyed. Absolute freedom of
opinion has hitherto been the salvation
OF the Republican party. Some Of our
own precious Congressman would turn
over new leaf, and go in for unlimited
dcspotisn. We know what will be
their fate-but we are not prepared to
believe that tho Republican party will
to it.''
Year: 1874

The very sensible query is asked by
the Scientific American: ""Why should
not child be taught to write sDd
draw with both hands?' The very
natural echo is, "why?" The human
body can be educated to do almost
anything. Men have written with
their toes and done all sorts ofipower-
full things with their teeth; and yet
since the creation of maE, that intelli-
gent animal seems to have regarded
the left hand as sort of tender to
the right. In fact, the left hand is
the LATEST member of the human body.
When the right is seribbling away for
dear life, the left looks on placidly;
keeps down the paDer with its fingers
and shows its rings. In truth, the
only things in which it seems to excel,
except when occasionally helping its big
brother in an Indifferent sort OF a way,
consists in hitting from the shoulder
in q prize fight. aud in using q fork to
advantage. The left hand is always
too pretty to do any work. Ladies
show otf its lines of beauty while deli
eately resting their lovely chin upon
its fingers. .,. ,,


Let poor fellow have his right
hand shot away, and then just see
what the left can do In wonderful
short space Of time it can button a
coat, write a letter, and do things
which, in its palmy days it never
dreamt of BY all means educate the
left hand, and if it will notwork make
it. There is nothing in the world to
hinder a man writing two letters at
once, like Ristori in Queen Eliza.
beth, aud keeping up an animated
conversation with his unruley member
at the same time. The left hand was
given to man to do its share in the
business of life, just as much as IT'S
twin brother in boots. At present lt
is a kind of loafeE doing the gentle
pressure business in love affairs, and
having all the fun. We are down on
left hands. and strongly recommend
that they be put to school, l
Year: 1874

The following are the leading provisions
of the new Local Option Law


Sec. |. From and after the passage o
this Act, whenever one-fourh the number
of the legal voters of any township, incor-
porated city or town, shall petition the Board
of Supervisors of such county, or the county
wherein such township, incorporated city OIL
town is situated to call a special election, to
vote upon the question of Liquor License,
or "No Liquor License" the Board of Su
pervisors of the county receiving said peti-
ton, shall, within one month after sale
petition is filed with the Clerk of sale
Board, make proclamation for the hold
ing of said election in the township, in
corporated city or town, as may be asked
for such petition.


Sec 2. The Board of Supervisors shall
by such proclamation, require an election tC
be held in such township Incorporated city
or town, as the case may be, on a day to be
designated by the Board, and within thirty
days from and after the day of issuance Of
the proclamation. Such proclamation shall
be published in newspaper printed in said
township, city or town, in which said elec-
ton is to be held, if there be one published
therein, otherwise in a newspaper to be
designated by such Board of Supervisors
Such proclamation shall be published once a
week for at least three weeks previous tc
said election.


Sec. 3. Said election shall be conducted
and governed by the General Election Law
of this State, so far as the same are appli-
cable thereto; provided that copies of the
Great Register need not be used, and SEC
ton ,056 of the Political Code, shall ap-
ply to or effect such election. Concerning
proclamation by the Supervisors.


Sec. 4. If majority Of the votes cas-
at such election "For License" or "Agains
License" shall contain the words "Agains
License then it shall not be lawful for any
Court, Board or officer to issue any license
for the sale of any spirtuous, vinous, OIL
other intoxicating liquors i'll said township
city or town, wherein said election may have
been held, any time after the determination
cf the result of said election, providing thai
nothing contained in the provisions of this
Act, shall prevent the issuing of license tt
druggists for the sale of liquors for medica
and manufacturing purposes.


Sec 5. If at any such election the ma
jority of the votes cast "For License" and
against License" shall be Against Lii
cense," then from and after the result o
said election shall have been determined BY
the Board of Supervisors, it shall be unlaw
full for any person to sell or dispose of any
sprituous, vinous, or any other intoxicating
liquors in such township, at any time there
after, until at an election as above provided
majority shall vote in favor of such Ii
cense.