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Year: 1872

The New York World, imam elab-


Orate article, urges the adoption of


the constitutional amendment pro-


posed by Senator Sumner toward


the close of the last session of Con


gress. As the attention of our


readers was probably, like the at
tention of the members Of Congress,


too much engFossed with other and


exciting topics at the time to admit


of their taking much note of the


preamble and resolutions Of the


Massachusetts Senator, 1t may be


well to give their substance. AIr.


Sumner proposes, then, that the


present system Of cieeting the Pres


ident of the United States shall be
abolished; that In lieu thereof the
people shall vote directly for Chief
Magistrate, and that the candidate
receiving a majority of ell the votes
cast shall be declared by Congress
elected. For this purpose two elec


tions are provided for, the first on
the first Monday in April, and the
second on the second Tuesday of
October. Congress is to be in ses-
sion on the Sd Of May, after the
first election, to eount the vote, and
if it is found that no candidate has
received a majority OF the whole,
the second election is to be
ordered, when a plurality will be
sufficient to elect. In addition to
this there is n clause declaring the
President ineligible TO a second
term, and another abOlishing the
office of Vice President. If a va
cancy should occur in the Presiden-
CIV the Cabinet officer who is oldest
in years is to be temporary Presi-
dent, but if there are no Cabinet Of
fcers, the Senator who is oldest in
years; and it is TO be the duty of
this temporary President to convene
Congress in extra session within
thirty days, when the members of
the two houses are to meet together
and elect President, each member
casting one vote.


Several arguments are adduced in
support of the proposed change.
One of them is that the people, as
things now are, have really no voice
in the selection of their highest ,ex-
ecutive officer; second is that the
electors are mere dummies, who
have no choice; a third is that the
are brought ont by the
caucus nominations OF parties which
are often controlled by corrupt
agencies; and a fourth is that the
existing system gives the President
almost Irresistible facilities for get
ting himself re- elected COuT. Jour.
Year: 1872

Asparagus is said TO be a valuable
mcdicainal agent in cases of rlleu-
matism and gout. Slight eases OF
rheumatism are cured in a few DAYS,
by feeding on this delicious esculent
and many more chronic cases are
much relieved especially if the pa
tient carefully avoids all acids
whether in food or beverages,
Year: 1872

The pencil marks yOG see around this


paragraph (thus) moan that your sab-
Scription is Out and unpaid, and that yoU
are requested to pay up at once. We
would take great pleasure in extending
credit to our friends and patrons, bus
cash alone will pay expenses, and We
are forced TO adhere to a strict eas24
rule. We hope you will comprehend
and appreciate the necessity of such =
course, and renew your subscription
withOat delay. We solicit your favor


to We enter no new names on our
books without the money i'm advance.
Year: 1872

The way to wealth Is as plain as
tie way to market. It depends
chiefly on two words-industr- and
fruSality; that is, waste neither
time nor money. Without these
two, nothing will do, with them,
everything.
Year: 1872

The summer days are gone from northern


climes,


But mildly yet they dawn on southern


fields
To warm producing soil, that oftentimes
Has well repaid for toll, and yet it yields.
The summer days are gone 70 cast their heat
Upon the verdant lawns Of other lands,
Rejoicing in the thought, that all replete
With plenty they are fraught from boun-


tvs hands.
The cooling western breeze on gentle wings
Sings gaiIy through the trees, now chang


ing hue
For a more varied dye; and now they bring
Theheart to heave its sigh, and take re-


view.
We sadly turn to view the days gone by,
When our young hearts but knew the


summer smiles,
And never saw them change their sunny


dye


For one more cold andstrange that oft be-


guiles.
The sere and yellow leaf but calls the
mind


To think how strangely briefs earthly


life;


For but month ago our vision dined
Upon the wood, agiow with greenness rife
The sadness Of the scene would bear us


down,


Did nothing intervene TO rouse our joy
From its unfeeling state, not let it drown
Amid the waves OF fate that life annoy.
But one triumphant thought revives the
soul,


And comes with pleasure fraught to Oul
lone hearts;
II is the thought, that we in heavens goa
EAIay live, and know the glee its Joy i'm
parts.
50 when the summer day ofnfe is past,
4 And our poor mortal clay has found its
rest,
! As summer comes again, so we, at last,
! Shall live, all free free from pain, in heay
en- blest.
Then let US sweetly live that life OF peace
That only faith can give in God above,
| And gil the pangs of woe will softly cease
Upon this world below, and all be Love.
Year: 1872

1t is not everybody who knows
where to Joke, or when, or how; and
whoever is ignorant of these cOndi-
tions had better not joke at all. A
gentleman never expects to be hui
mOrOus at the expense of people with
whom he is but slightly acquainted.
In fact, it is neither good manners
nor wise policy to joke at anybOdy's
expense; that is to say, to make any
body uncomfortable merely to raise a
laugh. Old HsOp, who was doubt
less the subject of many a gibe on ac-
count of his bumped back, tells the
whole story in his fable of ''The Boys
and the Frogs.U What was jolly for
the youngsters was death to the
croakers. A jest may cut deeper than
a curse. Some men are so cOnstitu-
ted that they cannot take even a
friendly joke in good part, and in
stead of repaying it in the same light
coin, will requite it with contumely
and insult. Never banter one of this
class, for he will brood over your ban


dinage long after you have forgotten


it, and it is not prudent to incur any
ones enmity for the sake of uttering
a smart double eTteIldTe or a tart re-


partee. Ridicule, at best, is a peril
/ Gus weapon. Satire, however, when
| levelled at social fOllies and pOlitica


evils, is not only legitimate, buS com
mendable. 1t has shamed down nor'


abuses than were ever abolished by


force of logic.
Year: 1872

We find lining the shell thin skin,
which, when kept in healthy cOndi-
ton by the albumen of the egg, is
fmpervious to air, but if the egg re-
mains too long in one position, the
yelk, being heavier than the albu-
men, gradually sinks through it, and
comes in contact with the skin, and
having none of the qualities requisite
for keeping the skin fabricated and
healthy, the skin soon becomes dry
and pervIous to air, which penetrates
through it to the yelk, causing the
mass to rot. Therefore, the true plan
is to keep the yelk in its central posi-
ton. BY doing this, the egg can bC
preserved for long time.


My plan for accomplishing this !:
to take keg or barrel, and pack tht
eggs on their sides, end to end, laying
| tier first around next to the slaves
and so continue until layer is filled
SO on till the barrel is full. Use Oat
for packing jar them down as mucl
as is required to keep them firmly il
their place; head up the barrel read!
for market. By rolling the barre
about a quarter around every few
days, the yelks of the eggs will b
| kept as required.
Year: 1872

81 declare" said an old lady, re-
verting to the promise made her on
her marriage day by her liege lord, 81
shall never forget when Obadiah put
the nuptial ring on my finger, and
said, with my worldly goods 1 thee
endow.' He used to keep dry goods
store then, and then l thought be was
going to give me the whole there was
in it. was young and simple then
and [ did not know until afterwarC
that it meant but one calico gown &
year"
Year: 1872

As the Spartan at the Bridge, Rush
had some claim upon the people of
the District We had come to think
of him in the light of a hero, as our
readers may have noticed. To wake
and find it all a dream is one of the
saddest experiences of our busy life.
No more a hero; no more the gallant
Spartan burning with zeal in behalf
of our national honor; no more the
dashing Zouave with bayOnet fixed
and musket at full cock; no more the
brave patriot ready to mingle his life
blood with the muddy waters Of the
Potomac!
Year: 1872

TIE San Francisco Morning Call
thus adds another to the numerous
remedies for "baiky" horse: "a
horse drawing q grocery wagon up
Pacific street, took notion into his
lean head that he hal gone Ear
enough, and in spite OF nrging, coax-
ing and whipping, stood stocs-still,
with his legs brsced and his cars
drawn back. The usual crowd sur
rounded him, and innumerable treat
ments were suggested and tried with
no avail. They sawed his fore legs
with a rope, stopped his breathing,
twisted his tail, and pulled and
pushed him; but he only braced
himself the harder, and looked al the
crowd with an eye of contempt.
At last tail Piker came along, and
picking up a large handful of mud
from the gutter crsmmed it into the
brute's mouth. There was scatter
ing of the crowd as the old horse
kicked and reared, and the scene end.
ed in an exciting race by the young
man after his horse and wagon as
they tore up the street at pace they
had never equalled before"
Year: 1872

heard on every side, but at the mo-


ment of his coming up to that cold


portal Of clay fayorite old servant of


Mrs. Jackson burst through the group


around the pit, and tried to get into


the grave with the coffin. She was


about sixty years of age, robust and


strong, and, falling near the brink, got


both feet over the edge of the grave,


when the sexton and others took hold


of her and prevented her descending,


and were trying to raise her up and
remove her. Her cries were agoniz-
ing: Mistress, my best friend, my
love, my life, is gone-I viii so with
herp' -.I ...


This was but a moment; but, close
to General Jackson, we watched him
intently. Every muscle of his face
was unmoved; steady as rock, with
out teardrop in his eye or quiver
In his voice, he quickly raised hisvoice
and said, ''Let that faithful servant,
weep for her best friend and loved mis-
tress she has the right and cause to
weep, and her grief is sweet to me-"
The persons who had hold of her i'm
ediately released her and left her sit
ting over the fresh clods, weeping,
and there she remained, hindering the
burial, uutil after while some of her
friends pursuaded her to leave the
grave and let the ceremony go on.
The body was let down, "dust to
dust" was said, the grave was filled up
and shaped into the common mound
which covers poor mortality, and Gen.
Jackson was led away by Gen. Carroll
back to othenortheastroom. Thecrowd
followed and we got in close to the
chief mourner. Arriving fairly into
the room and pausing few moments,
he looked around him, and raising his
voice, said


"Friends and neighbors, I thank you
for the honor you have done to the
sainted one who remains now repose in
yonder grave. She is now in the bliss
of Heaven, and l know that she can
suffer here no more on earth. This Is
enough for my consolation; my loss is
her gain. But 1 am left without her
to encounter the trials Of life alone. L
am now the President-elect of the
United States, and in a short time
must take my way to the metropolis
of my corfntry, and if it had been Gods
viii 1 would have been grateful for the
of taking her to my post of
honor and seating her by my side, but
Providence knew what was best for
her. For myself 1 bow to Gods will,
and go alone to the place of new and
arduons duties, and L shall not go
without friends to reward, and L pray
God that may not be allowed to have
enemies to punish. 1 can forgive all
who have wronged me, but Will have
fervently to pray that L may have grace
to enable me to forget or forgive any
enemy who has ever mahgned that
blessed one who is now safe from all
suffering and sorrow, whom they tried
to put to shame for my sake!"


This was uttered calmly, firmly,
and in such deep silence
of the crowd that it was audible to ev-
cry one in the room. We can never
forget it. Could he? The answer to
the question illustrates his leading
trait of she policy of pugnacity.
Year: 1872

THE Ohio Farmer thinks it impor-
tant TO feed some straw every winter
as it seems to have very beneficial
effect On most animals /; it also thinks
horses not at hard work do better on
cut straw with little grain than up
on hay and grain.
Year: 1872

The greatest of all injustice is that
which goes under the name OF law;
and of all sorts of tyranny, the forcing
the letter of the law against the equi-
ty, is the most insupportable,
Year: 1872

THE Cabinet has discussed the postal
telegraph question and is nearly unani-
nous in its favor. The President will
unite with the Postmaster General in rec
ommending Congress to appropriate a
sum to purchase existing lines, and when
ever lines refuse to sell Mt an appraised
value the Government will construct lines
OF their own.
Year: 1872

A PHYSICIAN of Jersey City has fouI
patients who were taken down within the
past two days with complaints similar tc
the horse epidemic. The doctor state.
that about thirty years ago an epidemic
broke out somewhat similar to this one
and was followed by a like epidemic
among the human species.
Year: 1872

LAURA ID. FAIR made application on
November I'd to the Clerk of the Fiji
teenth District Court tor the return of
the pistol used in evidence against her in
the two murder trials. The pistol is the
same with which Laura killed Orittenden,
and she prizes it very highly as a me-
mento.
Year: 1872

NEAR San Rafael, further develop
ments are being made in the coal mine.
Lumps weighing as heavy as hundred
pounds are being blasted out, and the
vein increases in size. Other leads have
been struck and everyone is excited about
the coal,
Year: 1872

the neighborhood OF the Union League


Building. Many stands for the speak
ers were eretced in the vicinity,
aud crowds Of people assembled at an
early hour attracted by a brilliant dis.
play Of fire works. One Of the largest
torchlight professions of the different
campaign clubs ever witnessed in this
city marched through the principal
streets with bands OF music, banners,
transparencies and fire works. Broad
street was packed with dense mass OF
humanity listening TO speeches from
prominent members present at the
Convention, both white and black,
and about twelve o'clock the
crowd was still a large one. The plat
form opposite the Lapierri House broke
down, breaking the leg Of man stand
ing by it. Many delegates and others
took the evening train Tor their homes
and every train now leaving carries
away large number.
Year: 1872

The Drainage CanaIs-New Road TO the
Lake.


The contract for constructing wooden


revetments along the shore, and the new
| drainage canal to upper line, was granted


a few weeks since to Mr. O'Hara, who has


already commenced work on it. 1t begins
| at a point in the lake some three hundred


yards from the shore, and directly opposite
| the mouth of the Bayou st. John, running


in sOuthwesterly direction to the outlet
of the new drainage canal, and thence
alcng its levee to the upper line.


The supports of the revetment are huge
piles driven into the ground eight or ten
feet, leaving about ten feet above water.
On these the frame work of the revetment
is to be constructed, which will afterward
support an immense earthen embankment.
Mr.. O'Hara has only been at work a few
days, but already line of piles straight
as an arrow extends over half mile into
the lake. The dredge boats, designed to
throw up the dirt. are on the spot and
ready for operations.


1t will be understood that this revetment
NAA1 bC SlA4 GueEA p-OtCbtAOLA 0sALSG Ct4A
possibility of an overflow. When completed
it will be fully twelve feet high, and strong
enough to resist the fiercest storm ever
known upon the lake. It completes the
series of improvement instituted by the
Department of improvements, as a drainage
system.


The canals are in admirable working
order and constitute the best drainage ia
cilities the city has ever had. Indeed it is
doubtful if any city IN the country
can exceed us in this respect now
or to speak more properly, will ex-
ceed US when the work is complete.


The improvement or the Orleans street
canal has given rise to another enterprise,
which will at no very distant day consti-
tUte one of the chief attractions of the
city. 1t is road 25O feet wide, straight as
an arrow, running from the Orleans bridge
through the park to the lake. The earth
thrown from the canal by the dredge boats
has been found sufficient TO complete it,
and it only required to be leVeled and
rounded to make one Of the most beautiful
drives any city can have. Over a mile of
the road is already complete, and large
force is busily at WORK carrying it through
to the lake.


1t would be difficult for any one to appre-
ciate the extent Of the improvements, in
the rear of the city, unless they go over
the ground. The wonder is, that in two
years so much has been done-fve canals
constructed and enlarged lover distance
Of fully thirty miles, fifty miles of levees,
and lake shore revetment as an effectual
guard against an. annual overflow, is an
ample exhibit of the expenditures that
have been made, as any one Will testify,
who will take the trouble 20 personally in
spect them.
Year: 1872

IMPROVED REAL ESTATE IN THE SECOND
DISTRICT AT Auction BY The SHERIFF
We are requested to call attention to the
sale at auction to be made this day at noon,
at the St Louis Auction Exchange, St.
Louis street, by the sheriff Of the parish of
Orleans, of a lot of ground, with all the
buildings and improvements thereon, situ-
ated in the Second District OF this city, at
the corner of White and Cont streets For
particulars, see advertisement.
Year: 1872

Until quite recently botanists regarded it
as an established fact that leaves do not
absorb either vapor from the surrounding
atmosphere or water with which they are
wetted, as, for example, when raiRed upon.
Recent experiments, however, 90 to show
incontestably that foliage does absorb
liquid water when supply by the root fails
or is arrested.
Year: 1872

The Commercials bulletin board was made use
Of Yesterday for the publication in advance of its
edition. several remarks that are no where found
IN the proceedings OF the Convention. We believe
no such remarks were made i'll reference to Mr.
Bsyarl, and that the telegram as published was a
falsehood got up for purpose.
Year: 1872

The Southern Claims Commission
at Washington hear about there
cases.a day. At this rate they will
get through with the business
about the time the great grandchil
dren Of the claimants are seriously
thinking Of dying Of old age.


The New York Standard says:
senator Sumner believes Grant to
be bold, dangerous man. So did
the rebels" But his march upon
Richmond convinced the rebels
that he was more dangerous to his
owl men than to anybody else.


"A steam fre-cngine running to
fire frightened a COW to death in
Milwaukee the other day" Coun-
try cows. that think Of removing to
town should have the nature of such
things explained to them before
they go.


The Boston Post thinks that the
editors Of the New York Times have
very little respect left for their rep
utation. How can they have any
respect for their reputation when
they haven't any reputation to re
spect.


The Detroit Post begins an edi-
torial article thus: Among the
more receat use of the recuperative
elements which nature contains as
opposed to the specific remedies is
that Of oxygen gas" Drunk
again.
Year: 1872

Garry the radiance of your soul IN
your face Let the world have the
benefit Of it. Let your cheer fulness
be felt for good wherever you are,
and let your smiles be scattered like
suubeams "on the just as we'll as on
the unjust" Such a disposition
will yield You a rich reward, for its
happy effects will come home to you
and brighten your moments of
thought


Cheerfulness is a duty; it makes
the mind clear, gives tone to thought,
and adds grace and beauty to the
cOuntenance- Joubert says, when
you give, give with JOY and smiling"


Smiles are little trifies, cheap ar
ticles, to be fraughJ with so many
blessings both to the giver and re
ceiver-pleasant little ripples to
watch, as we stand on the shcre of
everyday life. They arc our high
er, better natures responses to the
emotions Of the soul


Let the children have the benefit
of them; those little ones Who need
the sunshine of the heart To educate
them. and would find a level for their
bouyant natures in the cheerful low
ing faces of those who lead them.


Let them not be kept from the
middle aged, who need the encsur-
agement they bring.


Give your smiles also to the aged.
They come to them like the quiet
rain Of summer, making fresh and
verdant the long weary path of life.
They look for them from you who
are rejoicing in Ihe fullness of life.
BE gentle and indulgent to all
Love the true, the dutiful, the just,
the holy: in short, be cheerful, and
you win have happy face as long
as you liye.--Phrenolo1 icat Journal
Year: 1872




No man is a gentleman who,
without provocation, would treat
with incivility the humble Of his
species. 1t is a vuigarity for
which no accomplishments of
dress or address can atone. Show
me the man who desires TO make
every one happy around him, and
whose greatest solicitudo is never
to give just cause Of oiiense to any
one, and 1 VIII show you a gentle
man by nature and by practice,
though he may never have worn .
suit of broadcloth, nor even heard
af lexicon. 1 am proud to say
for the honor of our species, there
arc men in every thrpb OF whose
heart there is a sOiicitude for the
welfare OF mankind, and whose
every breath is pcrfumed with
Kindness. A. +.
Year: 1872

The Winchester Home Journal
says; In view OF the fact that by
drophobia is prevalent among dogs
in our county, the following article
handed us BY a friend possesses
great value. At least We feel that
1T is our duty TO publish it and
make it a local item, for there is To-
cal need of some remedy. Franklin
Dyre, a highly respectable and in
tclligent farmer Of Gelena, Kent
county, Md, gives the following az
a sure cure:


"Eleeampane is plant well
known TO our gardens. Immedi-
ately after being bitten, take one
and q half ounces of the root of the
plant-the green root is perhaps
preferable, but the dried viii an
swer, and may be found in our
drug stores, and was used by me;
slice or bruisc, put it into pint of
fresh milk, boil down to half pins,
strain. and when cold drink it., fast
ing at least six hours afterwards
The next morning, repeat the dose
prepared as the last, and this will be
sufficient. It is recommended that
after each dose nothing be eaten for
six hoars.


Il have a son who was bitten by
a mad dog eighteen years ago. and
four other children in the neighbor-
hood were also bitten; they took
the above dose and are alive and
well to this day. have known a
number of others who were bitten,
and applied the same remedy. 1t
is supposed that the root contains a
principle, which being taken up by
the blood in its circulstion, coun
teracts or ncutralizes the deadly eff
fects Of the virus of hydrophobia.


Il feel so much confidence in
this simple remedy that I am will
ing you should give my name in
connection with this statement
Year: 1872

OF course the large city papers
contain a larger amount of reading


matter than some country papers,
but which is the most interesting?
Do the city papers say anything in
regard to your own county? Moth
ing. Do they contain notices Of
your schools, huIches, meetings.
marriages, and ma ldre,ls of Other
local matters of interest which the
country papers publish without pay?
Not an item. Do they ever say a
word calculated to draw attention
to our county aRd it's thriving towns,
and aid in our progress and enter
prise2 Not line. And yet there
are men who take the contrary view
of this matter, that unless they see
as much reading 10 their county pa
per as they dD in a city paper, they
are not getting the worth of their
money. It reminds us of the per-
son who took the largest pair OF
boots in the box, simply because
they cost the same as the pair much
smaller that fit.-MuJres6oro NslDs.