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Year: 1870

For a year or two past, the articles in The
Saturday Reriew upon social topics have gained
for that cynical and shallow journal increased
notOriety by the virulence and wit of their
attacks upon women. Wife, maiden, mother,
and old maid have each been held up to ridi-
cule with a rancOr and malignancy only to be
explained by personal spleen; the more gentle
and womanly the type of woman, the more
implacable and yenOmous was the assault.
Now, this puerilo and almost catfish splitting
Of ill-will, which might provoke reply if it
came from a man, becomes only amusing
when we know that it emanates from one of
the maligned sex. Whether hell can furnish
no fury like woman seorned is hard to tell !;
but we do not need tais instance to teach us
that woman here, disappointed in the happi-
ness or love which has fallen to the lot of her
more fortunate sisters, is apt to regard them
with about as much justice and temper as did
the immortal Sairey Mrs. Prig when she pos
sessed herself of the whole of the salad.


In one of the last numbers of The Revie,r


this Gentle Savage pOunces as usual upon the
latest disgusting scandal, and glOats over it as
evidence of the hopeless condition of her SEX


The Mordaunt trial and the cowhiding exploit
of Lydia Thompson are the especial incidents
which she selects, and from which she argues,
with true wOmanish logic, that all English
women are strong-minded ballet dancers, or, if
not ballet-dancers worse. She fairly whoops
with exultation, like Camanche over fresh
victim, at the pitiable spectacle of the
miserable blonde tramps and the crazy Nor
daunt woman, first shrieking out the usual
feminine triumph of " / told you So" and then
trying her brain to invent new and more filthy
epithets for her sex, for the fast young
"peeresses and tripudiant matrons," as well as
the gve-and- take, loose-zoned age (" in which
they live She denOunces all English women
as animals, and as animals either wallowing in
nastiness or peering wishfully over the brink
of it, and then, by q reasoning which we con-
fess ourselves unable to follow, throws the
blame of this condition of affairs upon the long
retirement OF the Queen after her husbands
death. "While this continues she predicts,
English society will present happy combi-
"nation of all the sin of Versailles and the
"insolence and brutality of Saratoga board
"ing-hOuse." 1t appears to us outside bar
barians that if English women were only held
out of this slough of corruption by the chance
of an annual drawing-rOOm or ball at Buck
ingham Palace, their tenure of virtue must
be very slight indeed. But, however amusing
her sketches may be, they carry with them no
evidence of truth. We would be as 10th to
receive them as accurate pictures of English


homes as the prurient uncleanness of Ouida's
novels. We protest against the mistake made
| by this woman and those of her stamp on this
side of the Atlantic, when they take the thin
| and impure crust of fashionable lio IA tho
Year: 1870

In the discussion of the proposition in the
Senate so to amend the charter Of the North
Pacific Railroad Company as to make up de-
fciencies in the original grant of land, Sen
atOr Howard well remarked


"The American people demand three Pacific Railroads
at the North through the center and another Al
the southern part Of the United States and these rail
roads they will have whatever may be the feeling Of tho
Union Pacific, however its friends serVitors may b
moved by envy in regard to what been called com
peting line"


There should be no envy between these
three great roads. There is certainly room
enough for all, when it is remembered that
they are five hundred miles apart. Senator
Taayer, however, living on the line Of the
Union Pacific, promptly denied the existence
of any envious feeling on the part of that
road toward any other road, and declared
himself to be i'll favor of the construction of
the other contemplated roads. This is the
view of a liberal statesman, looking to the
interests of the whole country.
Year: 1870

The Assembly is to conclude to-day the
work of legislating the present Commissioners
of Emigration out of power, and putting In
their places the creatures of the Ring"
There has been no more hasty, inconsiderate
legislation during the session than that by
which this bill was smuggled, late on Saturday
night, through the Senate; and few of the
changes which have been made in the City
Government will prove more distasteful to
the public than this one. The old bill,
establishing the Commission, is not materially
altered it is true; only its members, and, I'M
fortunately, its character are to be changed.
But this fact is enough to warrant the hope
that the National Government will soon see
the propriety of regulating for itself the land
ing of immigrants its shores. 1t is hardly less
important in our mind, that the General Gov
ernment should regulate the reception and dis
tribution of immigrants than that it should
direct the collection of revenue at the most
important port of the country.
Year: 1870

If anybody doubts that the way of the trans


gressor is particularly hard, and his end likely
TO be tragic, let him read the history, to be
found in our local columns, of a gang of noto-
rious desperadoes broken up by their own ex-
cesses rather than by the guardians of the law.
1t is moral sermOn--a temperance lecture of
the most eloquent kind. There were eight OF
them in this gang-eight strong, healthy,
athletic men-each of whom was capable of
earning a good living in an honest, quiet way.
All of them were alive less than six months
ago Three have since been murdered in
drunken midnight brawls; two are in State
Prison for prize-fghting, and the other three
in prison charged with the murder of a COM
Iade in crime. Truly this is swift retribution
Year: 1870




According to official notice, the Sub-Treas-
ury in this city will to-day begin the payment
of the gold interest for the month of May, the
total disbursement on that account being nearly
| $25,00O,0OO. Judging by past experience, there
will probably be about four-fifths of this
amount called for during the month, small
portion of it perhaps for export, but much the
| larger proportion for employment in the do
mestic market Even after this large disburse-
ment the Treasury coin surplus will still be
enormous. At this time it is over $800O0,OOO,
exclusive of the gold deposited on certificates !;
and the receipts from customs during May will
so nearly balance the payments on interest
| that the surplus on hand at the close of the
month may be but a few millions less than at
| present.


We have never been able to discover any
satisfactory reason why the Treasury should
continues year by year, to keep such an i'm
mense amount of gold coin, or unproductive
capital, locked up in its vaults. During the
greater part of last year. the amount held in
reserve in this way was between seventy and
one hundred millions of dollars. The reserve
will be about as great throughout the whole of
the current year, unless the Treasury adopts a



serve, as security for the payment of interest; !;
but why should there be tens of millions
retained in excess of this reserve, when it might
be usefuly and proftably employed in dimin-
ishing the volume of the Understanding debt,
and thus relieving the country of portion of
its burdonsl During the last eight or ten
months, the Secretary of the Treasury has car
red out q system of regular monthly sales, the
amount offered varying from two to four mil
lions per month but why should he have lin
tied himself to these comparatively small offer
ings when he might, on occasion, have sold
five or ten times as much with good and profit
able results to the Treasury, and with great
advantage to the business interests of the cOun-
try and the credit of the Government?


We are rejOiced to hear that the Secretary
has been led, by the recent course of events,
and by the condition of the public finances, to
reconsider his policy on this subject and we
shall be still more pleased to receive the as
surance that he has at last come to the deter
mination to take a step which ought not to be
any longer delayed. Why, for example, should
not the public coin sales of the coming month,
instead of being fixed ut two or four millions,
be advertised as not less than ten millions
What interest of public nature would suffer
by this courses What interest of business
nature would fail to be benefited by it7 Even
after such a sale, and after the disbursement
of the May interest, the Government would
still have more than enough of gold in its
vaults for the payment of the July interest,
the November interest, and all the other inter-
est accounts of the year. We are confident
that the Secretary could in no other way rem
der more valuable service to the business of
the country or take step more generally and
earnestly desired by the business classes.
Year: 1870

We suppose the Yellowplush paper Of this
city, which has been in favor of the renewal
of the Income Tax because 1t supposed Presi-
dent Grant to be on that side, viii change
ground when it finds out that Grant is in fact
on the other side. We ourselves have not
made any particular inquiries on the subject,
but yet the news has come to US from Wash
ingtOn that Grant is opposed to the renewal of
the Income Tax. Let the Yellowplush paper
take notice
Year: 1870

table tax in theory but his remarks as clearly
intimated that it was demoralizing in practce'
Mr.. Lynch, who engaged in the debate was
correct in his suggestion. bill abollshlng
the tax at once wiH mend the whole matter
and it ia just such bill and such remedy as
the people want.
Year: 1870

A friend, who is opposed to the
Herd Law, said to us the other day
'Furnas, you must stop this advocacy
of the Herd Law. We do not want
it." On this, as well as all other sub
jects, we claim, and will exercise, the
right to speak our own individual
opinion. On all subjects of general
interest, we extend the same privil-
ege to others we exercise ourself. We
will very cheerfully publish commu-
nications from any and all who are
opposed to the Herd Law. Let us
have both sides. What we want in
this county is an expression of the
people f; and we want our Delegation
in the Legislature to be governed by
that expression, let it be for or against
a herd law. While we have our pri-
vate views on this subject, yet if a
member of the Legislature we would
be governed in our action by the will
and wish of the people. When the
people of this county will say they
are opposed to to herd law, the Ad-
vertiser as a representative Of their
wishes, will oppose the passage of a
herd law. Until that time we like all
others, claim the right to express our
individual preference. We repeat and
urge public meetings and expressions.
We invite communications on both
sides.
Year: 1870

We have been asked to give oul
plan of growing grape cuttings. A,
soon as the leaves fall off the vines in
the fall, prune your vines. For cut.
tings, use none but well matured wood
of the present seasons growth. Cut
in lengths from two to three eyes,
owing to the length of joints. Cut
close to the lower bud, with a sharp
knife, so as to leave a clear, smooth
cut; leave two or three inches above
the upper bud. Then plant. Some
say heel-in until spring. We do not
believe q word Of it; or at least our
best success has been in planting i'm
mediately after pruning in the fall.
Any of our deep rich soil, not subject
too much to drouth, will answer. We
have found great benefit, however, in
digging the trenches in which to
plant, and filling up two or three
inches with river sand. In planting,
lay in the cuttings leaning against the
side of the trench draw In the soil
and tramp down tightly about the
bottom of the cuttings; fill up, leav-
ing the upper edge about an inch be-
low the surface. Then good mulch
ing with old straw or leaves. In this
way, with good sound wood cuttings,
seventy-five per cent. ought to grow.
We have grown even the Delaware
very successfully In this way. In the
spring, and during the growing SEA-
son, keep the ground clear of weeds;
no need of stirring the ground. Be
fore planting, however, the ground
should be well spaded as for an onion
or parsnip bed. This is our plan, and
which has given satisfaction.


Plants grown in this way, one is
worth dozen grown from single eyes
by forcing process.
Year: 1870




AT a late meeting of the Littl.
Falls, n. Y, Farmers Club, Mr.
Cronkhite read an essay from which
we make the following extract:


With many farmers this perhaps is
the most perplexing question. The
season for gathering fruits and vege-
tables, as rule, is the best time to
market them then will be the great
est quantity of them, and their quail
| ty will at that time be the best. Yet
we hear farmers say that potatoes will
be higher. He hears of rot in some
sections and he puts his potatoes i'm
the cellar to await higher prices. But
rot and sprout and rats and mice, and
labor and sorting, and in many in
stances exposure to frost, lessons day
by day, the quantity and quality of
this product, and he holds, and then
the market is flooded with men who
thought as he did, and with ten per
cent. of loss he finds himself compell-
ed to take 25 per cent. less i'm price or
not sell at all. Apples will be higher,
another says, and he holds his to
meet decay and trouble.


Hops too, are too cheap, and the
grower piles up his bales to wait the
moving of the market, and thus we
might say of grains, butter, cheese,
and of nearly all of the products ofthe
farm, hay perhaps excepted.


The most successful farmer las a
rule, and he who can show the best
balance sheet at the end of the year.
markets his produce when it is ready
for the market. After having pre-
pared your articles for the market as
has been advised, take the market
price and pocket the money. Your
neighbors may, i'm some instances,
sell for higher price by holding,
but in the experience of ten wears.
you will be far ahead. Produce.
is done with, and all waste
and care of it ceases and
then again you have the use of your
money, and can apply it where it
will be of use. One more reason for
this time of marketing is, that deal
ers are in the market, and have made
their arrangements for buying.


It rs important to the farmer. i'm
disposing of his produce, that he
should meet a good demand. This
he will be most likely to find when |
The article is yielded from his farm, j
and is ready for the market. Dealers |
have then arranged with banks for |
funds, and are anxious to buy. You |
will always meet poor market whell
buyers have closed their accounts and
gone home. You will be considered
,ut of season, and if you sell at all it
must be at sacrificing concessions i'm
price.


Monday is our market day for but
er and cheese here, and he who
would sell well must be here then, as
,uyers are here then, and on Thurs
lay his load will 60 begging about
he streets for buyer.


Prepare your articles in the best
manner for market. Represent them
'onestly and fairly in the market,
nd then sell at the best price the
iarket offers. Let your motto be
keep selling" and yourcash account ;
ill be largely in your favor.
Year: 1870

There has, perhaps and maybe ye
more violent opposition in Richard
son county to herd law, thanin any
other part of the State. Justice" O
correspondent of the Fall, City Jour
nal from Ohio precinct, writes for thai
paper, as follows on the subject OF
a herd law:


al will give you and the readers OF
the Journal my views Oh that ques.
tion. 1t has been talked of by the
citizens for the last five years, and |
for one have always opposed one.
But now / have changed my views
OH the subject and will give some
reasons why we should have a herd
law now,


Before the presnt time our county
was but thinly settled and the only
thing the poor man had to make
money out of was the little stock he
had, and while the prairie was one
great pasture field for the settler and
held by the spectators the settler
making the land valuable, then he
could only get even with the specula-
tor by pasturing on the wild land.
But now that has changed and the
range is fenced up or under cultiva-
ton, and nearly all i'm Ohio precinct
is In the hands Of the settler, and
what few quarter-sections that are
unimproved are surrounded by farms,
and the consequence is that the stock
Of the neighborhood is driven on that
land pasture and the farms that sur
that raw quarter-section are troubled
by said stock destroying the crops,
and the farmer Is obliged to watch
his field and herd the stock that be-
long, to his neighbor. have known
cattle this season to be driven two
miles from home to prevent their trou-
bling their owners, and men who had
no interest In the stock were obliged
to sustain ali the damage done by
them.


And another reason for our want
ing herd law is that there are men
who have from twelve TO twenty-five
head of cattle and no pasture for them,
they have all their land cultivated
and leave their stock to run at large,
while others have a small pasture in
which they put their cattle for a part
of the day and for the remainder al
low them to run at large and trespass
upon the neighbors.


Let US have general herd law and
compel every man to take care of his
own stock and then we will not be
troubled with other persons stock"
Year: 1870

The New Orleans Times gives the fol-
lowing: Our friend Joe Jefferson, the
great comedian, has imbibed very strongly
the general admiration and appreciation
of the innumerable advantages and beau
ties of this lovely country. He has
stolen march, however, on the other
capitalists who are to make invest
ments on, the Teche by the purchase
of that most beautiful country and
plantation seat, known as Miller S
Island, in St. Mary Parish. Here
the genial comedian may crafty to the
highest degree his love of piscatorial
pleasures, of hunting, and of beautiful
scenery Within stones throw of the
mansion he may catch fish of every
variety known to our waters, fresh and
salt, and drag forth from their marine
retreats the most delicious, fat oysters;
and at any hour of the day, during the
season, can bag his half dozen braces of
the fattest ducks. Then, with the
delightful and soothing sea breeze
fresh from the Gulf, to fan his brow,
and the thick, evergreen of the
orange and lemon groves to keep off the
two ardent gaze of the sun, he may in
dulge in siesta as profound, if not as
prolonged, as that of his renowned hero,
the bibulous and somnolent Rip Van
Wrinkle. Besides its beauties and luxu-
ries as country seat, the soil of this
plantation is of the richest and most
productive character. The cane grows
with the greatest luxuriance, and is
rarely interrupted by frost. No country
in the world produces finer oranges, and
the porlifc yield ofthe groves of orange,
lemon and citron trees will, of itself, be
handsome and unfailing income to the
sagacious investor"
Year: 1870

She went, got safely back, and went to
bed. When she got in, the party inside
was occupying too much space. Of
course that could not be tolerated. She
had paid for half berth and wanted the
worth of her money. To secure her
rights she gently showed the other party,
meaning to insinuate that the party
should move further south in the berth
The party to the south was inclined to
maintain his position north of the divid-
ing line, and was no more to be moved
than one of the sleepers over which the
train was rushing with the speed of the
wind. Another shove, and still the pos
SCISSOR of the northern territory main
tanned his place. Perhaps the party was
ticklish. She thought she would try. A
dig in the ribs brought him to his senses.


Him, yes, it was he He turned round
and caught the fair intruder by the
throat She screamed. The conductor
ran to the rescue, and passengers, all in
white, jumped from their berths, sup
posing that the train was jumping
precipice, or cutting up some other un-
usual caper.


IOl a lCN hilnubCo tHCEC was COllAuoioh
and CONSERVATION in the car. The in
vaded party shouted that he was robbed,
and called for pistols for two and coffee
for one, and was inclined to deal harshly
with the fair invader Of his couch She,
poor girl, was in terrible plight She
hardly knew what to do with herself. She
cried, and threatened to 60 into hyste-
RIGS. IGnH tnF


Finally all was explained. The young
lady, in going back to bed, got into the
berth next her own, which was occupied
by single gentleman, and it being dark
she did not discover her mistake until his
hand was upon her throat All the white
robes disappeared; the invaded and the
invader went back to their respective
berths, she to think over the folly of
waking up the wrong passenger" and
he to mourn his fate in being the said
Chicago Times
Year: 1870

The New York Citizen proposes the
following plan for securing a perfect
registry at elections: Let a poll-bOok
be prepared like check-bOok, with
tickets or checks that can be torn off and
tallies that can be preserved. The voter :
name is then to be written so that the
first letter crosses the talley and check
both where they are TO be torn apart;
the check is given to him, and he pro
dnces itlwhen he votes To forge such a
check is impossible, as it must coincide
exactly with the piece remaining IN the
cook. No challenges are 20 be allowed
at the polls, but would have tc h> made
beforehand for which purpose the regis.
try would be printed and posted up, and
the Board would sit abundant time TO
hear such cases.
Year: 1870

STARTING RIGHr-There is no better way to
ruin Young man than TO give him to under
srand in eay life that his future success Will not
denepd upon his own individual efforts. There
are cases in which young men who have had
such teachings have overcome their peruicious
efforts but as compared with the whole, these
are the exceptions and not the rule. The parent
who thoroughly impresses upon the mind OF MS
bow the idea that be will be dependent upon his
own exertions-that the responsibility of his sue
cess or failure rests with himself-will find that
a rood work has been wrought, the effects OF
which will be seen only when the boy enters up
on the grand struggle which is to result IN trl-
umphant victory or lamentable defeat. boy
thus taught. feels that he has duty to perform
that while be may have the support and innu-
ence of a parent to assist still, upon his own en-
ergies and efforts will depend his success. he
recognizes, therefore, that he is power wltnln
himself, and this knowledge puts a restraint up.
on immoral tendencies, and prompts TO haoiIS OF
active industry and prudent economy. VINO
that has been the architect of his own fortune
cannot recall the pride of the moment when he
found himself the possessor Of the first thousand,
or the proprietor of the workshop, factory, store
or office in which the foundation of his wealth
was laid There may have been happier mo-
meuts of his life, but none that carried with them
more genuine and perfect satisfaction. Parents,
teach your boys to rely upon themselves. Teach
them to stand alone in early life. lmplant in
them a feeling of confidence in their own
ability as their youthful powers deveiope,
and the result will be men in the true sense
of the word. A consciousness of their own
powers, coupled with feeling of personal re-
sponsibility, will steady them when they incline
TO vacilate or waver, and inspire them with thai
spirit of self.dependence which rarely ever fails
TO win triumph.