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Year: 1871

THERE are great many people who
are subject to "bilious attack every
spring, and who expect it as a matter of
course. The Herald cf Health says there
is no more need for people being thus sick
in the spring than at any other time of
the year, if they only know how to live.
This periodical sickness can be prevented
simply by regulating the diet. Not that
all persons who have been subject to such
attacks year after year, for long time,
can always overcome the difficulty at once
We are all such creatures of habit that
when anything becomes established in
this way there is strong tendency to its
return at the regular time, even after the
producing cause has ceased to operate; /;
consequently, in bad cases, it sometimes
takes several years to overcome it entirely.
Under proper regimen the attacks will
grow less severe every year until they en-
tirely disappear.


During cold weather people eat larger
quantities than usual of carbonaceous food,
such as fat meats, sugar, butter, bread,
cake and other preparations of white or
superfine flour, nuts, fats, syrups, etc. OF
course much larger quantity of carbon
aceous food is required by the system in
cold weather than in warm, but as
a general thing people eat too much
of it, clog up their systems with
the excess, and overburden the
excretory organs, particularly the
liver, in vain efforts TO get rid of it.
Those who take great deal of out door
exercise are usually enabled to work it off,
and seldom suffer much in consequence,
except in hot weather; while those who
lead sedentary, indoor life suffer most.
When warm weather comes on in the
spring, people require much less carbona-
ceous food, but instead of changing their
mind as the weather changes, they con-
tinue to eat the same kinds of food they
have been eating during the coldest
weather of winter, and the consequence is
that the already overburdened liver is un.
able to bear up under this extra load, and
utterly refuses to perform its functions
until it has had chance to rest and throw
off its accumulated burdens. Now to pre-
vent this state of things two things are
necessary. First, people must eat less
proportion of carbonaceOus food at all
times. Second, as the weather grows
warmer in the spring they must cat much
less quantity of it than they do in cold
weather, and substitute instead more veg
etables and acid fruits. Every family
should have large supply of canned
fruits and green vegetables to use at thi:
time of year. For single article there il
nothing so good as tart apples, and they
should be used in unlimited quantities.
Year: 1871

IF man wishes to get rid of dyspepsia
he must give his stomach and brains less
to do. II will be of no service TO him to
follow any particular regimen-to live on
chaf bread, or any such stutf-tO weigh
hisfood, ETC., so long as the brain is in a
constant state of excitement. Let that
have proper rest, and the stomach will
perform its functions. But if he pass
fourteen or fifteen hours day in his office
or counting-room, and take no exercise,
his stomach will inevitably become par
alyzed, and if he puts nothing into it but a
cracker day, it will not digest 1t, In
many cases it is the brain that is the pri-
mary cause. Give that delicate organ some
rest. Leave your business behind you
when you go TO your home. Do not sit
down to your dinner with your brows
knit, and your mind absorbed in casting up
interest accounts. Never abridge the
usual hours of sleep Take more or less
exercise in the open air every day. Allow
yourself some innocent recreation. Eat
moderately, slowly, and ofwhat you please,
provided 1t be not the shovel and tongs
If any particular dish disagrees with you
however, never touch II, or look at 1t. Do
not imagine that you must live on rye
bread nor oatmeal porridge; reasonable
quantity of nutritious food is essential To
the mind as we'll as the body. Above all
Danish all thoughts of the subject. If you
have any treatises on dyspepsia, domestic
medicine, etc, put them directly into the
fire. If you are constantly talking and
thinking about dyspepsia, you will surely
have 1t. Endeavor to forget that you have
a stomach. Keep clear conscience live
temperately, regularly, cleanlyi be indus
uious, too, but be temperate. .-B0stoI
Journal Of CtemiStrg.
Year: 1871

THE serenade to Senator Morton was
not merely memorable incident in that
statesman's personal experience. II was,
rather, an event in the political history of
the country, for, as the Times asserts, 1t
struck the key note of the Presidential
campaign. II was not "the new depart.
ure" for which the Cincinnati Tooley
tailors and the "yard stick " of the Chicago
Tribune sigh. On the contrary it was
declaration, clear and far reaching, that
the Republican party holds fast, and will
continue to hold, its original Southern
policy. Under whatever form the issue
may be raised, the same fidelity to the in
terest of the Union and its friends will be
maintained. The evident object of the
serenade was TO reassure the public on the
point


The Indiana Senator repeated what he
had formerly said in the Senate, namely:
that while all Democrats are not Ku.Klux,
all Ku Klux are Democrats. This accusa-
tlon against the party was admitted to be
true by Bayard, of Delaware. II may
therefore be set down as an indisputable
fact. This was the first point made in the
speech. The membership of the Klan Is
estimated at 100000. 1t may be more, it
may be less. The exact figures are not at
all important. 1t is enough TO know that
hundreds of thousands of Democrats are
now enrolled in an armed organization for
the avowed purpose of overthrowing the
reconstruction works of Congress. That
such is the object of the organization Is
not denied, and it is admitted that violence
is the method of overthrowing agreed
upon.


So far, there is no reason for contro-
versy. Now, the question comes up.
Ul,ak sa 81 lNA NI,,
dangered was established by Federal and
not State authority, and the laws which it
is proposed to render null and void were
passed by Congress. The President of the
| United States has sworn to execute those
acts of Congress, as he has to enforce all
other national legislation. What, then,
could be palmer than the duty of the
| Chief Magistrate of the Republic to main
tain law and order in the South? Yet the
| Tribune devotes a column editorial to the
subject, elaborately denying the authority
of the President and Congress, and insist
ing that the suppression of the Ku-Klux
outrages should be left entirely to State
authorities. Its opposition is, however, oi
no consequence, except as a token of its
own apostacy


Last Thursday the Republican members
of the Lower House of Congress were
unanimous in the support of the bill which
the Tribune cries out against, and even SC
conservative man as Senator Trumbul
approves it. Never was the party more
harmonious than it is to-day in the sup
port of the pending measure to secure
throughout the whole country "equal and
exact Justice for all men," Until that i:
done the Republican party will raise nc
other issue, and the people will trust nc
other party Chicago Journal.
Year: 1871

not. Congress is evidently in better
feelingInow than 1t was fortnight ago. II
will probably be In better feeling fort.
night hence than now. Time will heal
the effects of the unfortunate dispute be-
tween the President and Mr.. Sumner. The
question of the annexation of San Domin-
so will not be permitted to seriously
divide the party, or be the cause, for any
great length of time, of any debate what
ever. The disputes upon questions of
finance and taxation will be settled in
time. AS for the question of legislation
for the States lately in rebellion and still
in turmoil, Republicans differ in regard
70 the proper means to bring about the de-
sired result, and, in the present improved
temper of Congress, a good practical poll
cy may be confidently expected. Those,
therefore, who were but just now so busy
in predicting the speedy disruption of the
Republican party, find that, Congress hav-
ing settled down TO work, the spirit of
Cancellation and harmony prevails quite
as much as it ever did in that party, or
may be expected ever to prevail in an
organization of intelligent men, governed
by principle, devoted to IDEAS and heartily
agreed upon all essential points of doc
| trine.- Chicdqo Poet.
Year: 1871

AN ingenious Frenchman has just hit
upon happy invention. 1t is called a
mechanical calm restorer." Should the
President of a popular assembly experience
difficulty in obtaining silence, he has but
to open the box containing the calm
restorer, set the hands of an exposed dial
in motion, and at the end of each revolu-
tion of one minute there is produced a
noisy peal of bells sounding for a few
seconds, and most eifectually drowning
every other sound in the room. During
this operation the session is considered as
suspended, and by registering the number
of revolutions an accurate idea can be OBJ
tanned of the extent of the disorder, and
| the consequent loss of time
Year: 1871

A CLERGYMAN in the village of Baden
recently made himself SO obnoxious to his
parishioners by engaging in various
squabbles, resulting in lawsuits, that he
was obliged to resign. In delivering his
farewell sermon, he said; 81 have been
really happy but three times in my life.
The first time was when l made my first
communion; the second was when / said
my first mass; and now comes the third,
of you, my well. beloved" At that very
moment the organist drowned the speak
ers voice in the cheerful strains of Great
God be Praised" and the whole congre-
cation, rising to its feet, Joined in singing
the words.
Year: 1871

The borcr which makes such havoc among
apple trees is the grub of beetle, the
Saperda Bivittata. I his beetle is from one
half to three-quarters of an inch in length
''the upper side of its body is marked by
Longitudinal white stripes between three OF
"A light brown color, while the face the
antenna, the under side of the body and
;he legs are white Its natural home is on
cur native thOrns- and some other trees and
shrubs nearly related to HE thorn. From
these 1t has emigrated to tho apple orchards,
where it has become one of the greatest
pests. 1t issues from the trunks OF the
trees in its perfect state the last of May or
the first OF June, and soon after deposits
its eggs on the bark, near the root. From
the eggs small, yellowish grubs are hatched,
which at once bore through the bark and
strike upward in the sap wood. In this
larva state ii continues two or three years,
often boring mp into the wood for ten inch
es, always making its burrow end Just
underneath the bark. After undergoing its
transformation the perfect bectle gnaWs
through the bark and comes forth at night,
which is its time for tlyimo. If orchards
are neglected they viii suffer very much
from the effects of this pest. Often fine
trees will be completely ruinctffn two or
three years The presence of the borar
may be known by its castings. 1t can be
taken out with a knife in its carly stages.
but if it has penetrated into the tree sever
al inches Il wire may be thrust into the hole.
Petroleum put into the holes is affirmed by
some to do good work, bat this should, as
yet, be used with canton, and only by way
of experiment, lest the trees should suffer
an irrcparablc injury.
Year: 1871

The Sioux City Times of the 18th inst,
gives Il column biographical sketch Of
Red Handed Nike The Times takes
him out Of the cradle, and follows him up
to His fighting estate. The passages are
quite interesting. We quote as follows
when Mike was se"cn years old his
parents cmigratcd to Canada, and settled
down at st. Ancsclt, Mike developing no
remarkable qualities until he was ten
years Old, when the agent of a travelling
circus happened to incidentally see the
subject OF cur sketch in the act OF throw
ing Il somersault, prevailed on the young
ster to Join his circus company. Mike,
liking the opportunity Of seeing something
OF the world, attached himself to the
company and soon established 4 reputa-
ton as anacrobat and singer. SiNmonths
afterwards, while performing in Franklin
county, n Y, aMethodist minister named
Blackman, happening to attend the circus
heard Mike sing, and was SO favorably
impressed with the boys abilities in this
line that lie induced Mike to sever his
connection with the sawdust arena. Go
inc home with the preacher, Mike was
soon installed as leading singer in the
choir Of the church Of which the Rev





that the reverend gentleman had at one
time been 4 drummer in the army, and,
moreover, had gained considerable fame
as a sparrer with gloves When the Rev.
Blaekman joined the ministry he still re-
tanned his love for the use Of the dumb
bells and boxing gloves, and the youth
companion in assisting the pugilistic
preacher in taking his daily glove exercised
Under this training, Mike soon develop
ed all amount of tact in handing his bunch
of fives that attracted the attention of
some sporting men in the neighborhood.
Unknown to Mikes ministerial foster
father u prize fight was secretly got
ten up between young man of the
village and Mike. In this fight Mike dis
played the r2Ec tact perseverance and
pluck which has since then given i'm so
many victories in the prize-ring. Mike
soon blinded and otherwise disfigured his
antagonist. A purse of twenty dollars
was raised from among the spectators and
presented to Mike, which the latter took
home and showed to the preacher The
preacher, while proud of his pupil, severe
ly reprimanded him for giving public
exhibition Of his skill. Mike remained
about six months longer with his pastoral
protector, who dying very suddenly, left
it incumbent on Mike to find some new
means Of support. He therefore rcsorted
to his old vacation rs a circus performer
until 1868, when he fought his first regular
professional prize fight with man named
John Dolan, in the Red River country in
lS65


''ile is quiet, unpretending and I'M
ostentatlous young man, and gives but lit
lie evidence to the casual observer of the
gritty material of which he is composed
lie would like to settle down and become
a thrifty and permanent resident, and we
hope he may conclude to become one of
the growing host whose energy and fame
and success are adding new laurels to our
city,
Year: 1871

Ii. l.. Reade, q farmer of Connecticut
writes as follows: for the last ten years a
multitude of farmers east of the Hudson
and not few west have made more money
from their turkeys than from any other one
kind of stock. Ten well-managed turkey
hens will give larger net profit than two
COWS, if, in addition to good manag cement,
the farmer has good luck. The first six
weeks in the life OF the young are the most
pcrilous. After that time they are com
paratiycly safe. Some men out of a batch
OF hundred never lose one; and this is the
way they manage them: Let the mother of
the newborn brood choose her own time
to leave the nest. Removing a turkey is
always bad policy. AS soon as the nest is
left make yard twelve feet square by set
ting boards edgewise. Remove the turkey
and her brood into this little pen, wherein
they should be kept Tor at least six days.
After which they may be let out III the
middle OF the day, and permitted the range
Of an acre; but they must always be
gathered ut least an hour before sundown
into the pens to remain until the dew is off
the next morning, and all the day if there
is the least appearance of storm. When
the mother leaves the nest, wash the naked
parts of her body thoroughly with tobacco
luce to kill the inevitable lice; and at the
same time, dust thoroughly the young
turkeys with some vermin destroying pow
der, No one thing kills as many young
turkeys as these parasites. AS preven-
tive, sulphur and snuff mixed in equal
quantities, and busted on the nest after the
turkey has been sitting two weeks is recon-
mendcd bnt nothing should prevent the
washing of the mother or the busting of
the young the day the mother leaves the
mt two aft how
left the shell. Young turkeys require but
little food, yet they need to be fed a. often
as once an hour for the first week. Coarse
ground cooked Indian meal mixed with
Sour-mlk curds and fine chopped hard
boiled eggs, is the best food for the first
month. After that the eggs may be left
out, the meal ground little coarser, and
the curds, if you have them, used in
larger measure than at first. AS soon as
they can swallow whole grain, give them
that and then all trouble in this direction


is at an end Until they are two months
Old they must be driven to some shelter
every night, and never be allowed to remain
i'll the fields through long or heavy rain.
Even when ne-quarter grown they will die
from exhaustion, trying to follow the Vigor-
Gus and unreaSoning mother, if wet with
but Il heavy dew. Three rules then should
he observed, if those who attempt to raise
turkeys would secure success: FirSt-Be
sure to free both old and young from lice
Immediately upon the Old ones leaving the
nest. Second-Feed frequently al the be-
ginning with strengthening food. Third
Never let the young turkeys get wet either
with dew or rain, until their feathers afford
their bodies, if not complete at least par
tial protection.
Year: 1871

TIE Ice CREAM FESTIVAL on Thurs
day evening was a decided success. Char
ter Oak Hall was filled to overfiowins and
the demand for the cool delicacy was
greater than the supply. About seventy
dollars was takeo in while the expenses,
it is thought will not exceed twenty dollars
leavis. a good surplus for the benefit OF
the Sabbath School Library Fund 10
behalf of which the Festival was given
Year: 1871

"There was not another word in
the valentine. Sealing it up, she
hurried out with it, and dropped it
in the post Office. No merchant,
sending all his fortune to sea in one
frail bark, ever watched the depar-
ture and trembled for the result of
Of venture as she did. Spain did
not pray half so fervently when the
invincible Amanda sailed. It was
an uttered prayer-an utterable
prayer. For heart and hope we're
the l&ding Of the little picture boat
that sailed out that day, with no
other wind but her wishes in it's
sails. ai|


"She sat down at her window un-
til she saw Henry Gilbert pass the
next street corner on his morning
walk to the post-ofice. Three min


utes after, he went home, evident
ly in a great state Of excite
ment, with her valentine open in his


hand. After q while he went back
again toward the post-ofiee, and re-
turned. Had he taken a reply? -s3
z "Jennie again sought the Office.
There were people all around with
those hideous things that they call
comic valentines open in their hands.
And they actually seemed to think
them funny! She had a reply. 1t
did not take her long to And her
room and to open it. There was
another picture Of a boat but the
name on its side read DESPAIR
And these words were added Your
boat IS The pleasantest. but undeT-
standing that there tcas no racant
place upon Il, I hare been Obliged 10
take passage on his' Slowly the
meaning forced itself upon her.
Henry had fears that she whom be
Year: 1871

EE The horse flies are so bad > on
the Arkansas river in The vicinity of
Grecnleaf prairie that some Of the farm
ers in that neighborhood are compelled
to plough by moonlight. We heard the
other day a man offer S25 to any one
who point him to something at once so
offensive and haamless that it would re
pei or destroy the insects without injur-
ing the quadruped.--C Cksrokee Adpocate
Year: 1871

Few persons, in the United States are
aware of the demand for .farina, or potato
Hour, and of the almost unlimited extent
of the market that can be found for this
product, which is simply the dry, evapors-
ted pulp ofthe ordinary potato, the winter
and more free from black specks the bet.
ter. 1t is used for sizine and other man.
ufacturing purposes. and with the aid Of
precipitation and acid is converted into
starch. In urope it meets a large and
increasing demand, in its primitive state,
as potato -four; and in Lancashire alone
10000 tons are annually sold, and as many
more would be taken if put into the mar
ket When calcined it is used largely
tor silk-dressing and other purposes. lla4


At this time the quotation f \ potato


arina in Liverpool is little over A cents
pound, while wheat -four is about u
cents a pound; so that the potato -four is
worth nearly double that Of the wheat At
epresent rate' Consigumeuts to Liver
pool are solicited BY the brokers there, whe
promise to take all that can be furnished.
Year: 1871

1t has been the aim OF the administra-
ton to enforce honesty and efficiency in
all public Offices Every public servant
" ho has violated the trust placed in him.
has been proceeded against with all the
vigOr OF the law. If bad men have re.
ceived places 1t has been the fault of the
system established by law and custom for
making appointments, OF the fault of those
who recommended for government posi-
lions persons not sufficiently well known
to them personally, or who give letters
-endo; sing the character of Office seekers
without proper sense of the grave respon-
sibility which such course devolves up-
on them. A civil service reform which
can correct this abuse Is much desired.


In mercantile pursuits, the business man
who gives a letter of recommendation to
a friend TO enable him to obtain credit
from a stranger. is regarded as morally
responsible for the integrity of his friend
and his ability to meet his obligations.


A reformatoTy law which would enforce
this principle against all endorsers of per
sons for public places, would insure great
er caution in making recommendations.
A salutary lesson has been taught the
careless and the dishonest servant in the
great number Of prosecutions and convic-
tions of the last two years. Il is crafty
ing to notice the favorable change that is
taking place throughout the country in
bringing TO punishment those who have
Year: 1871

E1- II was certainly, gratifying to see
50 few people in town on Friday to wit
ness the hanging Probably, not one
half as many were present, as at the
hanging Of the Indian a year ago. We
hope that some member Of the present
legislature, will introduce an act, confn.
ing all executions for murder to the Jail
yards. If hanging must be done, let it
be made rs private AS possible.
Year: 1871

ED> There is no truth in the report
put in circulation by the Fort Smith Ner
Era, that the Little Rock and Fort
Smith Railroad Company had failed y
The work is progressing, as fast rs the
bad weather, the past month, would per.
nit. The only failure. we know Of.
so far, is that they have .Jailed to locate
the bridge at this place.
Year: 1871

Creating commission to locate the site for


State House in the city of New Orleans,


to purchase the necessary grounds there.


for, and making an appropriation to pay


for such grounds and to build State


House and other buildings necessary for


State purposes, aad improving the same.


SECTION I. Be it enacted BY the Senate
and House of Representatives Of the State
A@ouisiana ia general assembly convened,
That . joint committee Of three of the
House Of Representatives. TO be appointed
by the Speaker thereof, and two of the
seDatas to ho appointed by the President
Year: 1871

The foregoing act having been presented
to the Governor of the State of Louisiana
for his approval, and not having been re-
turned by him to the house of the General
Assembly in which it originated within the
time prescribed By the constitution of the
State of Louisiana, has become law with
out his approval


GEO. E. BOVEE,


Secretary of State.
Year: 1871

If any director shall cease to be stock
holder during his term Of Office, it shall be
declared vacated; or in the event of the
death, permanent absence or resignation OF
any director, the board shall have the
authority to fill the vacancy occasioned
thereby. e-@.
Year: 1871

No stockholder shall ever be held liable


or responsible for the contracts or faults
Of said company beyond. the amount of his,


her or their stock in said company, nor
shall any mere informality in the organiza-
ton of said company have the effect of


rendering the present charter null, or of
exposing stakeholder to any greater liza


bility. than the amount of his, her, or their


stock therein. e4s ...s.-.