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Year: 1874

VIII soon convince you of its wonderful merits in
curing this vile disorder; disease which when seat
ed, produces Consumption, from which there is no
eseal e; one little box OF the German Snuff will cure
yonr Catarrh and then the foul matter will disappear
from your throat, and will again breathe with
out troube in fact you will be cured and then and
not till then, will you look like the following:
Year: 1874

Mr. L. G.. Curtis, at Rockford, Ill.,, writes
| 1t has been discovered that, the canker worm
which has been spreading so rapidly through
out the northwest for the last few years, de-
stroying the foliage of apple trees, and max
| ing the orchards look as though fire had swept
through them can be eXterminatcd, and that,
too, with very little labor


The female Canker worm rises out OF the
ground in the spring, as soon as the frost Is
out of the ground and crawlS up the trunk OF
the tree (as she is wingless) and deposits her
eggs under old bark or in rough places,
which hatch in May or the fore part OF June
into small looping caterpillars or so-called
measuring worms, which soon spread over
the tree destroying the foliage.


Many plans have been tried to prevent the
worm from crawling up the tree, and with
some success. But to wipe them OUT COM
plctcly so that there shall not be one of them
left to tell the tale, is by the use OF Paris
green in water, applied with syringe ta'
blespoontul of Paris green to patent pail
full OF water.


When the worms are all hatched, as near as
can be Judged, give the tree "A good wetting
down, and if afterward it Is discovered that
they were not all killed, put on more, but US
ually one wetting will answer.


know orchards that in 1872 were covered
with this worm, the foliage and fruit crop
completely destroyed, that were treated as
above, last year with perfect success-the
worms killed and the orchards produced fine
crops Of apnles


This liquid will not only destroy the can
ker worm but the myriads of insects that are
too small to be seen by the naked eye that are
preying upon the foliage OF trees. One party
says that after using it last year in his orchard
the foliage made such a luxuriant growth and
so dark a green that it was almost black. 1t
can be used just as safely in the flower gar
den destroying the insects that intest the
shrubbery, as in the orchard.


The canker worm has already made its ap
pearance in some sections ofthe country, and,
therefore must be looked after at once The
above is very simple remedy and very cas-,
lily applied,


| saw parties in southern Wisconsin few
days since, that told me they proposed to
make up barrel of the liquid, put 1t on a
platform built on the top Of a lumber wagon
box, drive on the windward side Of the trees,
and shower them by means of garden
syringe.
Year: 1874

MORRISON For FUEL.-By recent expert
ments in Birmingham, England, nlghtsoll
and sewerage have been converted into a
fuel of superior quality and cheaper rate than
coal The matter is rendered inodorous by
chemical treatment. 1t is then mixed with Il
small quantity of coal gas tar, and compress
ed into solid blocks of any size to suit the
customer. In this condition it is hard and
compact, and gives forth merely faint odor
of coal-gas tar BY experiment ii was shown
that this fuel is better than engine-slack for
heating steam boilers. 1t is said te leave very
little ash, aud this ash can be again converted
into fuel which is even superior to the origi-
nal. In consumption it gives of but small
quantity Of fsmoke. Little machinery is need
ed for the conversation, and any kind of night
soil can be used while the fuel can be offered
at about half the price of engine-slack. a
superior quality for household purposes caa
be made at as cheap rate. Should this in
vention prove practical, it will settle the quess'
ton how proftably to utilize our nightsoil.
Year: 1874

A FRIEND TO HoRTICULTURE.-Lasts season
noticed the ants were more numerous than
had ever known them to be before. We
had been experimenting some in sllk-worms,
and we found it very difficult to keep them
and their cocoons. Then / also discovered
another thing had hive that only had n
few bees in one side, occupying between
two combs and these got some moths IN 1t
before | knew it; so when | got leisure |
went out to destroy them before any would
hatch out in the miller, and then | found that
the ants also had got in and made clean
sweep and departed, only leaving holes in the
cocoous to show that they had been there L
then examined further about other hives.
Under them, when they set on boards, you
will generally find few CoCoonS OF the moth
Larvae, and where | found one there was a
hole in them The idea then struck me, and
| suggested it to others, that the ants had pro-
badly played out several of those insects so
troublesome to our apple trees and fruit, the
tent caterpillar and coddling moth And now
| find in my orchard of over 1000 trees one
nest of the caterpillar Now, if they found
the coddling moth and cleaned them out as
well, would suggest that the State Board of
Agriculture offer premium on the produc-
ton of ants.


was feeling pretty blue over fruit pros.
poets in this State. Last year, IN an orchard
of about 200 trees-large enough, some OF
them, TO bear tour or five bushels, and ought
to average bushel to the tree at a small es-
timate-I got six bushels, and four of them
only tit for cider. Unless we can meet the
coddling moth in some way apple-raising is
played ! will watch with a good deal of
curiosity the appearance of the moth this sea
son, hoping that my supposition Will prove
true in relation to them alSO.-N CdmerOH in
E1nsrs Ed,YDcv
Year: 1874

A new corn destroyer made its appearance
some two or three weeks ago on the farms
west of the Mississippi river. They destroy
acres of corn in very sho:t time. As yet
no one who has examined these insects has
been able to identify them with any bug that
ever ravaged the cornfields in that section.
They are about the size of lightning bug,
coal black and have horn prctruding from
the head with crook at the end, with which
latter appendage they are said to do their de.
structiye work
Year: 1874

In our tclegraphic columns to-day appears
the announcement that General Sherman
and others have gone to Harrisburg "to
exult over the exploits of the Army of the
Potomac" We do not know whether the
agent who sent that dispatch wishes to in
suit the Southern soldiery or whether he
seeks to fling contempt upon those who
fought and Overcame the brave men OF the
South. If he sent the telegram with view
to perpetuate sectional discord by making
light of the national victory, he has gone
wide of the mark. For it would be poor
compliment TO the men that were van
quished to belittle those who forced them
to lay down their arms, and it would be
equally stupid to assume that the men who
so long kept the armies of the nation at
bay were only tit to be erulted over and
serve to display the exploits CT their oppo-
nents. Such stuff as this agent sends is
sickening, and We print it merely to show
in what manner the Associated Press are
accustomed to manipulate the telegraph in
the interest of certain political cliques and
to maintain sectional prejudices.
Year: 1874

Lyceum Hall was well filed last night by
an audience gathered to listen to the lecture
delivered by j. X. G. Pitkin, Esq, under
the auspices of the Joseph A. Mower Post,
Grand Army of the Republic. As previously
announced, the theme of the lecturer was
admiral David Glascoe Farragut," and of
that lamented naval hero the speaker dis
coursed elcquently and feelingly for an
hour His lecture or oration was instruc-
tive in facts and adorned with poetical
fancies. He gave brief detailed account
of the nations hero from his infancy.
and from entry into service as the child
midshipman, through a long and honorable
career in his profession, until with ma
tions gratitude he was made Admiral, and
won for himself undying fame in American
history. Mr.. Pitkin's subject was to him a
happy one. In all of the Admirable long
career of usefulness his life was noble and
blameless. OF such man it is easy to
speak we'll. OF the events of his life oc-
curing in Mobile bay and at New Orleans
the remarks Of the speaker were well timed
and judicious, and he but echoed the senti-
ments of his hearers when he said this city
should contain a statue of Farragut, as
well as that of Jackson.


MIR. Pitkin was attentively listened to
throughout his discourse and was frequent
ly applauded. The proceeds of this lecture
are to be devoted toward the erection of
the soldiers monument at Chalmette. 1t
was words titly spoken, of noble man and
for good cause.
Year: 1874

Counselor McGIoin and the Arrest of


Schmattlack.


New ORLEANS, May 12, 1874.
EDITOR REPUBLICANS:


There is an error in your account of the
arrest of Mr.. August Schmattlack, where
the advice which caused him to resist the
police is assigned to me. He was mistaken,
as gave him no such counsel, although l
think the police should select the daytime to
make arrests for minor Offenses, such as
that charged against Mr.. Schmattlack. /
trust this correction will be made and place
me right in the matter.


Yours, etc., FRANK McGLOIN,


Attorney at Law.
We are glad to be assured by Mr.. McGfoin
that his client misrcpresented him in the
above matter. AS to the time of making
the arrest, we agree with the counselor
that the day is the best where practicable.
But warrants generally read forthwith y
and the one in question was probably
served as soon as it was placed in the
officers hands. Were a prisoner to escape
through the delay of the officer there would
be lust ground for censure.
Year: 1874

The plain meaning, then, of this reyo-
luton is that the people on broad and
general scale hsve become dissatisfied
with the policy and the management OF
the Republican party, as represented by
its leaders, including the President him
self. There is no other explanation to be
giyen.-[The Independent


The elections teach a significant lesson
which politicians would do well to lay TO
heart they teach that it is the independ-
ent Christian men who really hold the
control. II was these men who voted
the Democratic tickets in over twenty
States, not because they were Democrats
themselves, or that they cared a straw
for the party, but because they were
wearied and sick of the disturbance and
corruption and imbecility and oppression
of the past ten years.-lChristian at
Work.


The cause that was championed by HOr-
ace Greeley as candidate for the Presi-
dency, and in which the hopes of the
South went darkly down in November
~, is the same cause the splendid sue
cess OF which gave rise TO the relolclngs
of last week, whose echoes have not yet
died away in the land. The Liberia
movement two years ago, though too fal
in advance of the prevailing popular SEN
timent for success, was not premature
preparation for future good.-[ Richmond
Whig (Dem.)


The greatest curse that to-day rest
upon this country comes from active in
reference with the elections, through
that network of political power, the Fed
eral Offices 1t is the greatest evil which
afilicts us here at the North, and we have
no doubt that it is one of the creates
causes of trouble in the elections at thu
South. If the new dispensation, by what
ever party name it is known, can anC
will set on foot any line of policy tina
will eventually result in the breaking NJ
of such political rings as are practically
maintained at the public cost, it will ac
complish the greatest civil service reform
possible.-[Salem Mass Gazette rep.
Year: 1874

THE Democratic Executive Committee
Of Alabama has issued an address, in
which it says:


"The party we represent is firmly
pledged by all that is sacred among men
to use its utmost endeavors to bring the
blessings of good government to all the
people of this State and under the provi-
dence of God il tremains TO be seen wheth-
er our party is equal to the responsible
and arduous duties it has undertaken to
perform. These duties require of us that
Justice must be fairly administered ac-
cording to the laws of the land that the
rights of all the people Of Alabama, both
of person and of property, must be pre-
served inviolate that there must be no
oppression of any race or class Of men
that the credit and good name OF the
State must be restored that harmonious
relations of mutual confidence and good
will must be cultivated and adjusted,
among all the conflicting interests repre-
sented among the people Of this State
that yielding cheerful obedience to the
laws of the United States, and promptly
bearing our share of the burdens OF the
General Government whether in war or
in peace, we must cultivate such other re-
lations that the citizens of every State
composing our great Union whoma from
time to time have business with US, OF
come into our midst, shall receive that
Justice and hearty welcome at our hands
due to brethren Of the same great house
hold, without regard to difference OF po-
litical opinion. If we fail to accomplish
substantially these results, just 80 far will
we disappoint the hopes and expectations
of large majority of the people of Ala,
bama. A bright future is before us, and
we feel that, with proper exertions on
our part, there can be no reasonable doubt
it will speedily result in prosperity to all
the people of our beloved State"
Year: 1874

The N. Y. Tribune, speaking of the
present position of Grant, says;


We have no heart to accuse the Fresi-
dent of inconsistency He does not know
enough of law or politics to see the lolly
and sin of treason to principles, But II
T. time for the men Of conscience and
honor nor, still left in the Republican party
to icon Consider seriously whether they can
snv longer give even a tacit support 70
srcb S an Administration. The President
;magines that the late elections have ab-
soIyed ,S him from any, allegiance to the
Psnnbliean party, and set him free to
aook M his fortune in other quarters. Just
y SsVN nresent s he thinks that rag-money and
orpos;tion To the Civil Rights bill are the
most available capital to his hand. Who
ean foresee what will be the next vagary
ofthis narrow, selfish and nndisclplined
nind3 Ifhe is let alone, he WILDE com,
1aratiyely harmless for the two yearsand
Z half which still remain Of his admins
ration But he is capable Of great dam
ssS If the timidity Of Republicans gives
tctbe audacity Of his retainers any power
Thafsyer In this Congress and the next
Year: 1874

Lieut.. Governor Smith has set up as
Governor Of Arkansas and has appealed
to the President to sustain his Claims
with bayonets There is no denial that
Garland was elected by nearly seventy
five thousand majority, and the Consti-
tuition under which the election took
place, was adopted by nearly one hun
dred thousand majority. But Smith has
discovered technicality, and proposes
to upset the people and establish a
a smithy usurpation. The fellowcannot
be found by the Sheriff at Little Rock.
Year: 1874

The financial article in this weeks In
dependent is on "The Financial Policy OF
the Democracy" The article opens with
a conundrum, thus


"Can anybody tell what the financial
policy of the Democracy is, or what it
would be if the Government were in the
hands of the DemOcratsW Nt


We can't tell but what We want to
know is whether Jay Cooke or some 9th
er patriot who is gouging the public with
a great enterprise of Improvement, has a
contract at this time for the use of the
money columns of the Indepeideta. II
we would tell about that, we night be
able TO form an intelligent Judgment
about some other matters of Importance.
-Gncinnah Commercial.
Year: 1874

In 1872 Grant had 10000 majority in


Pennsylvania, and his party carried TWEEN
ty-two Congressman to five Democrats.
Now the Democrats elect their State tick
ct, and instead of five Congressman have
seventeen of the twenty-seyen. This is
a revolution which, in its magnitude, is
quite unparalleled in our political his
Year: 1874

that twenty cheeses may be put to press !. {
once The second and third stories ara
used for drying rooms, and are furnished
with proper frames for that purpose. The
drying rooms are not darkened, and yet Mr..
Ellsworth informed us that they had never
been troubled with flies. His theory is that
perfect cleanliness is the best way to pre-
vent trouble from flies, and the building has
been arranged with view to this. The
mandatory is furnished with five horse
power steam engine which furnishes the
heat for forming the curd and pumps the
water


Each mans milk is brought in separate
dishes and weighed, and a strict account
kept Of the number of pounds furnished.
An account is also made of every pound Of
cheese made, and each patron of the factory
gets number Of pounds of cheese propor-
tionate to the number Of pounds Of milk
furnished, the factory charging three cents
per pound for manufacturing Milk is
brought in as far as five miles, but the av-
erage of the greatest distances from which
it is brought is about two and one half miles.
The patrons choose man to sell their cheese.
and have so far chosen Mr.. Ellsworth, who
has sold all the cheese made at the manu-
factory without charge. The plan seems
to work we'll and to give perfect satisfaction.
There were made at the factory, during
the past year, forty seven thousand pounds
Of cheese. The proprietors are Messrs E.
Ellsworth and Geo. West. Mr.. E. was
formerly in business at Cannon Falls, and
had. previous to coming west, been ac-
quainted with the cheese business, and fire.
quently urged the Importance of cheese
factory, so when he sold out his business
interested parties urged him to take the
initiative


Mr.. E. lives in a very neat farm house
near the factory, keeps thirty COWS of his
own and takes charge of the factory.
Why can we not have more of these
cheese factories Cheese at the present
prices is of at least twice the profit of but
| ter, and by means of its manufacture, the
! keeping of COWS will be made more profita-
! BILE and farmers be enabled to add to the
variety Of their products. Our farms


would be the better by keeping more stock


on them, and there is certainly no


sense in shipping our rough feed to the
| east, and then importing our cheese. The


building Of Touring mills is reducing the


price of feed and this will be an additional


reason for making arrangements to keep
! more stock.
Year: 1874

While on trip through the South West
ern part of Goodhue county we called upon
E. Ellsworth Of the firm Of Ellsworth &
Co., proprietors Of the above named facto-
ry, who politely showed us through their
building. The building is 24x60 feet, two
stories and a half in height. The milk is
received on the second floor, being raised
by means of an elevator, and placed on the
milk scales where it is weighed. From the
scales it is carried at once by means Of a
conveyor to the reservoirs, two in number,
in the basement story, which are placed
over reservoirs filled with hot water heated
by steam pipes passing through them
Here the curd is formed, and the vhev
drawn off by means Of faucets which empty
into spouts which carry it out of the build
ing, preventing any slops which would
draw flies. The water from the lover RES
ervoirs is drawn of at the same time Of
drawing of the whey, leaving curd to cool
sufficiently to be prepared for the press
the curd when prepared is placed into the
hoops and put to press in the same room


There are two presses with ten screens, SO
Year: 1874

The Legislature of the State Of Minneso-


t. convened yesterday. Never before has


there assembled in this State legislative


body whose acts have been watched with


such deep interest, and with such close.


searching, and intelligent scrutiny as will


be the acts of the present legislature.


Thousands. Of men who have heretofore
known as little Of the proceedings of their
State Assembly as they did Of the Cabinet
OF the Gar will observe every movement Of
the present session with the zeal of new
converts. Others who have regarded the
legislature much the same as they would
the meeting Of an association, or some pri-
vate assembly, will now observe the pro-
csedings with the profound interest of a
party to each transaction. Men who have
scarcely ever thought on these things before
are now thinking, and thinking in earnest


They are awaking to the fact that while
they have been giving no heed whatever to
the acts Of their representatives, the mana
gers Of corporations, and the ring masters
OF jobs, have been surrounding those repre-.
sentatives with powerful in fuences. The
people now realize that their own careless
ness and inattention have afforded these
men every opportunity to press through
their selfish schemes, and to procure
legislation discriminating against the
masses, and favoring the capitalists and
moneyed :aristocrscy.~ They are beginning
to understand that, e Eternal vigilance is
the price Of liberty That this is no elit-
tering generality. but living, vitally i'm
Portant truth; and that it must be aa in
Year: 1874

telligent vigilance-a vigilance of the whole.
and not simply Of the few.


These are hopeful signs for the future Of
our country. 1t cannot fail to result in =
more equal distribution Of wealth. Let
our Legislators understand that hereafter
they are to be rewarded according to their
merits. and not upon their services to party
and politicians. The people do not expect
that all wrongs will be rectifed by this
session of the Legislature or the next, but
they will insist upon beginning at least.
Year: 1874

The Chicago Evening Post, speaking of
a man who has been found guilty of mur-
der and is trying to get new trial, says :.
"We can't for the life of us see why our
Judges need to interfere, when, for the first
time Of his life, q man like Rafferty, is in a
fair way of being put where he will do the
most good"
Year: 1874

To ALL. particularly invalids, spring is
trying season. Indications of sickness should
at once be attended to. Fatal diseases may
be caused by allowing the bowels to become
constipated. and the system to remain in a
disordered condition, until the disorder has
time to develop itself. An ounce of preven-
tion is worth pound of cure. is an old and
truthful saying. Therefore, we advise all who
are troubled with the complaints now very
prevalent headache, indigestion, disordered
liver. want Of appetite. nausea. or feverish
skin, to take, without delay, Schenck's Man
drake Pills. We know of no remedy so harm
less and decisive in its action. 1t at once
strikes at the root of the disease and produces
healthy tone to the system. People never
need suffer from any disease arising from
disordered condition of the liver if they
would take this excellent medicine when
they feel the first indications of the
malady. Families leaving home for the
summer months should take three or four
boxes Of these pills with them. They have an
almost instantaneous effect. They will re-
leve the patient of headache in one or two
hours. and will rapidly cleanse the liver of
surrounding bile. and will effectually prevent
a bilious attack. They are sold by all drug


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