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Year: 1874

The Republican party, by the shameless
misconduct of the leading men during the
past few years, has shown itself to be unfit to
rule the country. Little by little il has
drifted into Capitalization, corruption and
oharlatanism, and it now shows, on the part
of those who assume to guide the opinions of
the masses, decided leaning toward Caesar
ism. Its leaders, made indolent, extrav-
agant, insolent and corrupt, by years of profit
able remuneration for very little labor, many
of them having become immensely wealthy
almost without effort on their part, are ready
for anything which will afford them con-
tinuance of their position of power and plum
der. 1t is plain that general reform is need
ed in all branches of our government, and il
is equally plain that reform cannot be expect
ed from the Republican party. The attempt
to organize new political parties of sufficient
strength to insure success has failed wherever
tried. To the Democratic party alone the
people must look for relief from their present
and Impending national troubles. Let the
Democracy stand united upon good national
platform, with candidates, for all position,
beyond reproach, aud the people will aid
them to put an end to Radical nisrale But
to win success they must deserve it. Their
bugles must give forth no uncertain sound.
They must become the party of the people
the party of honest reform aud retrenchment
the party which will mean we'll and do
we'll for the country at large. Then and not
till then, will their complete success as
political party be assured beyond peradven-
ture, and the country be delivered from the
blithing curse Of Radical rule.-ReGding
Eagle.
Year: 1874

B@ It is stated that NO less than ninety
railway companies in the United States have
suspended payment of interest on their bonds,
and that the total amount of bonds thus dis
honored amounts to nearly three hundred mil
lions of dollars; direct consequence of the
panic.
Year: 1874

THE skullduggery by which Snyder
was swindled out of the nomination in
the Third Congressional district, and
Nelson foisted upon the convention as
the Republican standard bearer, pro-
vokes this indignant criticism from the
Chattanooga Times:


We are not going to stir the disgust
ing mess again. 1t is fresh in the mind
of every citizen of this city. The bra
zen fraud of the chairman, the dirty in.
trigues of the delegates, and where in
trigue would not suffice, the use of
brute force and villainous violations of
all law, and all rules of decency,
all promptings Of honor. Had the
men who planned and executed the
defeat of Snyder, in last Thursdays
Convention, stolen a sheep, robbed a
till, or burned building, their moral
ofense would have been respectable by
comparison. No means were neglected,
however low no trick was left untried,
however rascally; no slander was too
vile u be perpetrated by the Repubi-
Can organ and its whippers-in.


And the man who was nominated
under these disgraceful circumstances
is the candidate Dibrell has to beat. It
will be as easy as rolling off a log.
Year: 1874

JUDGE JAMES d. PORTER. the next
Governor of Tennessee, reached the
city yesterday and toJk rooms at the
Maxwell House. He is in excellent
health and viii enter upon a vigorous
prosecution oS the canvass as soon as
the Radicals bring out a man for him
to beat.
Year: 1874

THE true and only way to crush the
Ku-Klux Of the South is to crush, be-
yOnd hope Of revival, the Northern
allies from whom they derive their
spirit and encouragement.-Pittsburg
Commercial


The true and only way to crus! the
thieving carpet-baggers at the South,
as to crush, beyond hope of revival, the
party and the administration by whom
they are backed with Federal bayonets,
and from whom alone they derive their
spirit and announcement.
Year: 1874

THIRTEEN out Of fOrty-One American
Protestant Episcopal diOceses have taken
definite synOdical action in favor of correct
inc the version Of the Nioene Greed so as
to make it refer the procession Of the Son
only to the Father. This is a chief line of
division between the Catholic and Greek
Churches.
Year: 1874

A RHODE ISLAND convict lately admitted
to a reverend friend that ON one occasion
he had suffered the keenest remOrse for
crime. lie stole four cucumbers from a
poor but deserving man, and ate them.
That night, before the doctor came, he sol
emnly vowed that if his life were spared he
wOuld never steal and eat four cucumbers
again-and he never did.
Year: 1874

A WESTERN farmer complains that a
hook and ladder company has been organ
lied in his neighbOrhOOd. He states that
the ladder is used after night in climbing
into his chicken house, after which the
hooking is done.
Year: 1874

A CHILD EATEN Up BY A HoG.--A gen.
tleman who arrived in this city yester
day morning gave us the particulars of
a horrible affair that occurred in the
northern part of DeKalb county on
Monday evening. About five O'Clock
in the afternoon, Mrs. Jane Stivers, who
had resided in that county number OF
years, had occasion to pass to the barn
in search of some eggs, and left her ba-
by, only about seven months old, play.
ing on the floor of the house. She was
absent about twenty minutes, and on
returning was Mortified at the shocking
spectacle presented. The baby lay upon
the floor, dead, its right arm and por-
tion of its night cheek and breast COM
pletely eaten of, while largo hog that
had been running in the lot for some
time was still munching away at the
lifeless remains. The mother sprang to
the rescue of the child, but too late.-
The brute had effectually accomplished
its work. Mr.. Stivers was away from
home at the time, and returned in the
evening only to learn the loss he had
sustained.
Year: 1874

T A Paladilhe relates that foxes are
tormented by feas. and when the in
Fiction becomes unbearable, they gath
er mouthful of moss and slowly walk
backwards into the nearest stream until
only the mouth is left above the surface
of the water. The feas meanwhile take
refuge on the little island of moss. and
when the fox is satisfied that they have
all embarked, he opens his mouth, and
the moss drifting away with all its
freight, the willy animal regains the
bank, evidently satisfied at his freedom
from his tormenters.
Year: 1874

~ A small boy got another boy.


somewhat smaller than himself, down
on the ground the other day, and got
hold of both his ears, placing his knees
in the small of the boys back. and
asked him in very persuasive manner,
if he would give him that white alley Of
his'n. The boy replied in the afiirma-
tiae. How easy it is to settle things
when one goes about it in the right way.
Year: 1874

WATERING HORSES AFTER MEAlS.-lt Is
the practice with many horsemen to give their
horses no water until after they have eaten
their allowance of food. Concerning this
practice veterinarian writes "A full drink
of water Immediately after being fed should
never be allowed to horses. When water Is
drunk by them the bulk of it goes directly to
the large intestines, and little of it is retained
in the stomach. In passing through the
stomach, however, the water carries consider
able quantities of the contents to where it
lodges in the intestines If, then, the food of
the horses stomach is washed out before it is
digested, no nourishment will be derived from
the food. In Edinburgh, some old horses
were fed with split peas, and then supplied
with water Immediately before being killed.
It was found that the water had carried the
peas from fifty to sixty feet into the intestlne'
where no digestion took place at ALL"


Mr.. Cassie is quite correct in the views set
forth regarding the injurious effects OF large
quantities of water swallowed immedlately y
after eating. A small quantity Of fluid swal-
lowed along with, or Immediately after dry
food, bene6cially softens it and assists in its
subdivision and digestion. An inordinate
supply of water, or of watery fluid. on the
other hand proves injurious. 1t dilutes un-
duly the digestive secretions; it mechanically
carries onward the imperfectly digested fooc,
and thus interferes with the proper functions
of the canal and excites indigestion and dlar'
rhea. These untoward effects are especially
ant to occur where horses are freely fed and
too literally watered, and shortly put to @ toler-
ably quick work. There is no more infallible
method of producing collie, diarrhea, and In
fammation of the bowels. The horse Is not
peculiar in this effect; dogs, and even their
masters, similarly suffer from copious draughtS
of water Immediately after eating much solid
food
Year: 1874

A movement has been started in Brook
lyn irrespective of sect or denomination, to
invite Rev. DR.. Pogteens to take charge of
a new Episcopal Church Society to be
formed in that city. A meeting to further
this end is to be held tomorrow evening.
The success of the undertaking is nearly
assured. DR.. Portions when spoken to
sad he had heard of the proposition and
was favorable to it, but the platform will
be liberal and catholic with broad church
doctrines and no SenSationalism.
Year: 1874

New YORK, March 4. - Commission
eIs representing the Reformed Church in
America and the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church South are holding
secret sessions daily relative to organic
union. Ii is understood the desire is to
find, if possible, some middle ground on
which the two churches can meet without
deStrOviU0 their identify
Year: 1874

The Young Folks Rural is an excel
lent paper. Specimen copies can be seen
at this Office. For three dollars, we will
furnish the REPUBLICAN r nd the Young
Folks Rural for one year-and with the
subscription price Of the Young Folks
Year: 1874

there are numerous details, embra.
cling these and other points, that
enter into the contest between the plain.
tiff and tho deiendents, and that win be
brought out in the course Of the trial.
We have simply given mere outline
view Of tho case. The issue interests .
considerable number Of people directly
and indirectly, inasmuch' as the property
has been Incorporated since its purchase
as part Of Charleston, and has been di-
vided outinto lots and built upon by two
or three hundred persons. From the
character Of the Counsel engaged there
ought to be some interesting speeches
heard before the case Is submitted to the
Jury.
Year: 1874

Every one has heard how the great
Tasso, worn by the ingratitude OF men,
came from Ferrara to Rome, to find
refuge from the world in the hospital
convent of St. Onoirio. The pilgrims to
his garden and tomb and cell since the
hour Of his death have been countless, and
amongst them have been poets as great
and illustrious as himself. 1t was in by.
gone times very delightful to visit this
monastery where white-robed monk of
the Order of Hieronymites used to escort
You around to the spot where Tasso
rests. and to the little chamber in which
he died. Now the friar has been obliged
to throw aside his pict1resqe costume,
and is dressed in a black frock coat,
which has deprived him utterly OF his
clerical appearance. He is one Of the
few friars left in attendance on the
general of the order, who is still per-
mitted to inhabit st. Onofrio. The re-
naming portion Of the monastery was
to have been occupied by the admins
traitors of the Roman prisons, but they
have chosen another convent, and st.
Onofrio is almost deserted, except by
the Father General, three priests, and
two lay brothers, who are allowed to use
only q small portion OF the house, the
rest of which is looked up. The father
who shows you over the church and
garden is about twenty.seyen years Of
age, and enjoys a pension Of fifteen dol
lars a year, from the Government in ex-
change for handsome sum OF money
which be carried into the order when he
first entered it.
Year: 1874

The road along which the man of bus
mess travels in pursuit Of competence
or wealth is not q macadamized one, nor
does it ordinarily lead through pleasant
scenes and by well.springs of delight.
On the contrary, it is rough and rug
ged path, besct with thorns and full OF
pitfalls, which can only be avoided by
the watchful care of circumspection.
After every days journey over this
worse than rough turnpike road, the
wayfarer needs something more than
rest; he acquires solace, and he deserves
it. He is weary of the dull prose Of
| life, and is at thirst for the poetry.
Happy is the business man who can find
that solace and that poetry at home.
Warm greetings from loving hearts, fond
glances from bright eyes, the welcome
shouts of children, the many thousand
little arrangements for our comfort and
enjoyment that silently tell OF q thought
full and expectant love; the ministrations
that disencumber us into an old and easy
seat before we are aware of it; these and
like tokens of affection and sympathy
constitute the poetry which reconclles
us to the prose of life. Think of this,
We wives and daughters Of business men.
Think Of the toll, the anxiety, the morti'
Gcation, the wear that fathers undergo to
secure for you comfortable homes, and
compensate them for their trials by
making them happy at their own fire.
sides.
Year: 1874

Writers on natural history describe a
hideous reptile, known as the fishing
frog, which angles for its game as ex
pertly and with as great success as the
moat adroit hy-fsher. He is a clumsy,
awkward swimmer, but nature has com
pensated him for his unwieldliness by
furnishing him with an equivalent for a
rod and line, with bait always ready for
use, Two elongated tentacles spring
from his nose, which taper away like
actual fishing rods. To the end of them
is attached, by alender lllament which
serves the purpose of line, a bait in the
form Of shiny bit of membrane. The
hooks are set in the mouth Of the fisher
man below, and in order to induce the
fish to venture within reach Of them, the
angler stirs up the mud at the bottom
with his fins and tail. This attracts the
fish and oonoeals him from their obser.
vation. He then plies his rod; the gilt
tering bait glows in the water like liv
ing insect. The dazed fish are taken in
great numbers, perfectly circumvented
by the trick Of the crafty augler.-Er-
change
Year: 1874

A Louisville repoter, having accumu-
lated fortune, resolved to aban-
don city life with its glittering shams,
and he went South, where he got a stu
alton on country newspaper. The
village being rather dull, he had emily
seven or eight items when the week was
about to close. and one or two of them
we're puffs of turnips which had been
left at the office. They were, however,
well-written, he thought, and he handed
them to the editor. AS each of the tur'
nip paragraphs came under the editor 6
eye, smile of approval lit up the edito'
rial countenance, and continued to light
it until the last OF the items was reached
Here the editorial visage underwent an
awful change. The item was about an
accident that had happened to well
known citizen" Reading it over several
times, as il to gain time to check the
indignation which seemed to be boiling
within him, he turned upon the reporter
Young mani he thundered, your
services are no longer required. | cant
have any man about me that doesn't say
at the beginning of his paragraphs, We
are panied to learn.
Year: 1874

inspector by the shoulder, putting his
FIST in his face and telling him to go
away. AS, however, IL was proved that
the inspector did not show his written
authority when he demanded samples
the case was dismissed by the court,
who, it is stated, laughed heartily at
the relation Of the story OF the soapsuds,
and the inspector was ordered to pay
two puineas cost
Year: 1874

A gentleman who welded young
lady in her teens desires to offer a word
of caution against such very early mar
riages. He says it is productive of an
uncomfortable feeling to have your wife,
no matter how amiable and lovely, GO
ing round among her schoolmates, brag-
ging about her possession of husband
as If he We Is t'lH
Year: 1874

TO INVEST A FEW DOLLARS. WITH POS
SIBLE RETURNS OF THOUSANDS. IS OF
FERED BY THE PoSTPONEMENT OF
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KY. TO THE 27TH OF
FEBRUARY NEXT. OF THEIR FIFTH AND
LAST CONCERT AND DRAWING. THE
MANAGEMENT ARE PLEDGED TO THE
RETURN OF THE MONEY If THE DRAW
ING SHOULD NOT COME OFF AT THE
DAY NOW APPOINTED
Year: 1874

Forlos has recently directed attention to
the dangers Of lead poisoning where shot
are used for cleaning bottles that are to be
used for wine and other beverages when
shot are placed in glass with water, cor
Donate OF lead is at once formed a portion
Of it being noticed as a prccipitatc in the
water, while another portion of it attaches
itself as a thin film to the sides Of the vessel
This film adhcrcs 50 firmly to the glass that
it cannot be removed by rinsing with water
llonc, an acid being required to remove it.
" hen shot are used for cleaning bottles
which are afterwards well rinsed oitt, the
carbonate of lead suspended in the water
will be removed, bat that portion which is
attached to the sides Of the bottle remains,
and is atterward dissolved by the liquid
placed in the bottle, if it possesses suffci-
ant solvent power. Ii the shot are ony
shaken up with water for short time, it is
scarcely possible for the carbonate of lead
to become attached to the sides Of the bottles,
but oitcntimes the shot are left in the bottle
with the water for some time Besides, the
rinsing is not always done so carefully as it
should be, and the carbonate Of lead sus-
pended in the water is not AL removed.
F,~ios took four hat-pint medicine glasses
that had been cleaned with SHOT, and in one
he placed white wine, in another red wine,
in the third quinine wine, and in the fourth
vinegar. After standing two days each was
found to contain a considerable quantity Of
lead.


Another danger might also arise from shot
getting lodged in the narrow crcaSes at the
bottom Of certain bottles, when the action
Of an acid upon it would dissolve not only
the lead, bat also the arsenic which is
always present in the shot in sufficient
quantity to render the liquids poisonous.
Year: 1874

81 remember says correspondent of
the Medical and Surgical Jomwo1, ''that
when was very young, they used to raise
blisters with boiled hammers Old Doctor
Twitchell, of Keene, (pcace to his ashes y
once wanted to blister some one in a farm
house, far from home. He had nothing
with him to do it with. lie asked his wife
to find him a hammer. The article was
brought out, put in tea kettle over the fire.
and after the water steamed and bubbled
WE'LL he lifted it out and gently touched it
to the patient, in a half dozen spots over the
seat Of pain, with very positive effect
Boiled hammers were for many years used
in that neighborhood for pleurisy, and
every old lady knew nothing was equal to a
hammer; and there was u long dispute
whether it should be claw hammer OF not
think the yeas finally conquered" "
Year: 1874

H>LKy lIoRsE.-Therc are two ways
of managing a lalky horse. Ny companion
knew one Of them and | the other. His
method is to sit quietly in the wagon. and
at short intervals throw small pebble at
the horse. The theory is that these repeated
sudden annoyances will operate on n horses
mind and he will try to escape them by
going ON. The spectators supplied my friend
with pebbles, and he pcltcd the horse with
measured gcntlcncss Probably the horse
understood this method. for he did not
notice the attack at all. My plan was to
speak gently to the horse, requesting him
to 70, and then to follow the refusal by one
sudden, sharp cut with the lash to wait IL
moment and then repeat the operation.
The dread of the coming lash after the gen.
tie word will start any horse. | tried this
and with Success The horse backed MS into
the ditch, and would probably have backed
himself into the wagon if | had continued.
W hen the animal was at length ready to 90,
Dayic took Him by the bridal, ran BY his
leaping in behind. lushed him into nm,
which had little respite for ten miles. up
hill and down. Rcmonstrancc ON behalf Of
the horse was in vain. and it WAS only on
the return home that this specimen Cape
Breton driver began to reflect how he could
erase the welts from the horses back before
his father saw them.
Year: 1874

The sun never shone on more beautiful course
than the one put In order 10y secretary heatly
for the racing to-day. IL was extremely fast, and
as the people assembled they were loud In their
praise OF Its appearance. Much was therefore
anucipated of the horses that we're engaged In the
events that were announced to come on There
Year: 1874

To BEAUTIFY THE TEETH.-Dis-
solve two ounces of bOrax in three
pints Of boiling water, and before it is
cold add one teaspOOnful Of spirits OF
camphor, and bottle for use. A table
spoonful of this mixture with an equal
amount of tepid water, applied daily
with soft brush, preserves and beau
titles the teeth, extirpates tartarOus
adhesion, arrests decay, induces a
healthy action Of the gums and makes
the teeth pearly white.
Year: 1874

We do not expect to teach the sci
entiiic Olchartlist or nurSerman how to
transplant a tree, but there are some
in this State intending to set out ell
tire orchards of fruit trees this spring
who never transplantcd tree in their
lives; it is to such persons that we
now we speak. Having secured our
trees with all the roots possible and
these as nearly uninjured rs may he,
if your holes have been prepared be-
forclland and the ground is sufficiently
dry, shape the hole by re-ligging the
bottom and so that when the tree is
set in, the roots will he allowed as
near as possible their original position.


1t it has tap root don't plunge it
into hole no bigger than the root will
make by being thrust into the soil,
but take out a full spadeful, and hav-
ing trimmed the end Of every root
smoothly, with sharp knife, set tIie
tree in position not more than an inch
deeper than it grew in the nursery
row. Give every root it's former posi-
ton as near as may be; fill in lightly
with fine soil, and as some of tho
smaller roots bend down from the
weight of the soil, with the fingers
gently raise them to their proper posi-
ton again and fill in as before, and
continue the operation till the roots
are covered and the hole is filled.
Never shake tree up and down
while filling, if it has one or more
vertical roots; because upon these
roots are a great many small fibrOus
roots running, out horizontally. If the
tree is shaken up and. down, these
small roots are badly displaced and in
juretl. But having filled the hole, tread
firmly the whole surface and then fill
again without tramping-this last fill
ing answering as mulch-and the
operation is finished and success is
nearly certain.


If the tree should have lost much
root i'll the taking up, a corresponding.
shortening in of the branches is .ad-
visable, or a .judiciOus trimming up of
few of the lower limbs will suffice, if
a standard tree is desired. If q low
head is preferred, let the pruning be
of some of the superfluOus upper limbs
or the heading back of the top.-Er.


The Duke of DeyOnshire has pur-
chased for two thousand guineas a red
two-year-old shOrt-hOrned bull, the
Fifth Duke of Wetherby,' from the
famous herd belonging to Col. Guntcr,
Of Wetherby Grange, in England. The
price is the highest ever known TO have
been given for bull.


: THE Oldest church edifice in Boston
is Christ Church. It was built III 1928,
one hundred and twenty years ago,
and is standing on its original ground.
Its anniversary was celebrated Decem
Der 2Sth.
Year: 1874

THERE is considerable talk Of an in
dependent movement in Oregon, simi-
lar to the one so successful in CalifOr-
mia, for the purpose of nominating a
straight out ticket to be voted for at
the coming June election.