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Year: 1870

THE Illinois papers assert that a
terrible pestileuco is fast spreading
over the lowlands bordering on the
Illinois River. About and below
Canton Landing. as far as the eye can
reach. all along the banks of the river,
putrid carcasses of. many thousands
of fishes are fast decaying. The
stream ITSELF Is full Of dead fish. The
pestileGce is supposed to have been
caused by the burning of three thou
sand barrels of whisky. on the sur
face Of the river, during the great FIRE
at Peoria, on Wednesday of last week.
The stencil is so great that people
living near the river have been com
PEELED to move away.
Year: 1870

UNCONSCIOUS INFLUENCE OVER An
IMALs.-Thc horse is like his driver,
and the dog like his master. Ancrv-
Gus. timorous man, is almost sure to
have n skttish horse, sbying at any
. thing unsteady, and a runaway if he
gets a chance. Many COW is spoiled
by a lack of patience and quietncss in
The miIkcr, an2 the amount of milk
depends more upon the milker than
than the pasturage. If man is afraid
OF a horse, the animal knows it before
he goes into the stable. We have
seen the most inoflcnsivc COW in the
herd so wrought upon by the nervous
ness of grccnhorn, son of Erin, as 10
dcxlcrously plant her foot in his
breast and send him rolling heels over
head. A noisy, boisterous fellow
about fattcning stables will cause a
serious loss in gain of flesh to the an
imals, so important is quiet to them
when they are digcsting their food.
Year: 1870

Spanish gentlemen speak with great
enthusiasm of the handsome behavior
i'm a recent duel of two naval officers OF
high rank, intimate friends, who had
quarreled over their cups. They fought
twenty PAGES apart, to advance to a
central line and fire at will. One walk
ed forward, and when near the line the
other fired andhi him. The wounded
man staggered to the line and said, Il
am dead. Come thou up and be kill
ed" The other came up until he
touched the muzZle of his adversary's
pistol, and in a moment both were
dead-like gentlemen.
Year: 1870

PLUCKY.-Old Parson Nudge, of Es-
sex County, got to be rather unpopl-
lar with his flock toward the latter part
OF his labors. They could not dismiss
hlm, as he was settled for life, and he
was not to be either coaxed, bought or
scared Off, so he continued his preach
lng-but every Sunday his audience
grew less and less, until it had dwin-


ed down to a bakers dozen. How
be it, the old parson kept along In the
even tenor of his way, declaring that
he would not give up as long as he could
say 'we." Finally, his flock was re-
duced to the solitary old deacon, to
whom he preached for nearly year,
when the old saint died-then, as the
indomitable preacher man could not
say 1--WE" he gave up the pulpit.
Year: 1870

Finally, to our Republican friends, irrc-
spectivc of ali shades Of opinion upon any
questions hitherto discussed with any feel
ing amongst us, let us express the hope
that each and ull Of us will prepare our
selves to come together in a spirit Of
brothcrly kindness md GorbcaranCc, as
those having common past of which
they arc proud, and II common future Of
which they are Jealous and hopeful, and
determined only upon carrying forward to
successful completion the great work Of
progress and reform with which the par
ty is so cmincntly connected,
Year: 1870

SOME OF our Republican contemporaries appear
to be astonished because the Democratic papers
on this Coast indorse the resolution of Senator
McCreery to give back the Arlington estate to
the widow of General Lee, and to have the
bones of the loyal dead removed therefrom.
Pshow we thought people generally had learned
by this time that California Democratic papers
would endorse anything. We were not sur
prised.
Year: 1870

at each and every Public Fair since 1867, (ths
year it was completely where any premium at
all has been given, where its strong points
have been really exhibited.


There is this difference: All the Premiums that
the WEED Sewing Machine Company claim, from
the
Year: 1870

These Machines are specially adapted for the
use of farmers, being able to sew grain sacks and
heavy clothing with the same facility as the usu-
al family work making a more durable seam
not liable to ravel, as IS the case of the loop or
Year: 1870

MANY years ago young Scotch emf
grant arrived In New York, penniloss.
He was mechanic, and labored at bis
trade without getting more than a living.
One day he saw man selling flowers in
the market, and being passionately fond
of them, he bought pot for trifle and
trudged home with it. A gentleman who
met him was attracted by the beauty of
the flower and asked its price The me-
chanic named small advance, and the
gentleman at once purchased it. This
trlfiing incident led the mechanic to the
flower trade, and he became florist and
founded a seed and gardening establish
ment, which has been kept up for sixty
years. Those who are acquainted with
his history will recognize in the humble
individual referred to no less parsonage
than Grant Thorborn. These instances
are not confined to New York. Fair
banks, when keeping country store, was
obliged to tinker his scales in order To get
a correct balance, and this led To making
a new one Of his own invention. From
this beginning has grown up the great es-
tablishment of st. Johnsbury, which now
furnishes large part of the country with
the implement


To come back to this city. John Jacob
Astor was led in similar way to that
speciality which made him rich. He was
selling toys, when he met man who had
some very fine furs. His attention was
arrested by this article, and he learned
that they could be purchased of the Indi.
ans at a low rate. He knew their value
in London, and soon commenced dealing
in furs, which he continued until lie con.
trolled the market on both sides of the
ocean. Had John Jacob Astor followed
the predictions of most of his country
men he would have opened corner gro
Gerry and sold sugar and soap Troy
Times.
Year: 1870

The taller men are, other things being
equal, the more lungs they have, and the
greater number OF cubic inches of air they
can take in or deliver at Il single breath.
1t is generally thought that a mans lungs
are sound and well developed, in proper
tion to his girth around his chest; yet OBJ
servations show that slim men as a rule
will run faster, and farther, with less IA
ugue, having "mOre wind than stout
men. If two persons are taken, II. all re
spects alike, except that one measures
twelve inches more around the chest than
the other, the one having the excess VIII
not deliver more air at one full breath,
by mathematical measurement, than the
other.


The more air man receives into his
lungs in ordinary breathing, the more
healthy he is likely to be; because an i'm
portant object in breathing is TO remove
impurities from the blood. Each breath
is drawn pure into the lungs; on its out
going, the next instant, it is so impure, so
perfectly destitute of nOurshment, that II
re-brcathcd without any admixture ot n
purer atmosphere, the man would die.
Hence, one of the conditions necessary to
secure high state of health is that the
rooms in which we sleep should be CON
stantly receiving new supplies OF fresh
air through open doors, windows, or fire
places.


If persons lungs are not well de-
veloped, the health will be imperfect, but
the development may he increased several
inches in few months, by daily out
door runnings with the mouth closed, be-
ginning with twenty yards and back, at a
time, increasing ten yards every week,
until hundred are gone over, thrice n
day. A substitute for ladies' and persons
in cities, is running up stairs with the
mouth closed, which compels very deep
inspirations, in a natural way, at the end
of the journey


As consumptive people are declining,
each week is witness to their inability To
deliver as much air at n single out breath
ing as the week before; hence tho best
way to keep the fell disease at bay Is TO
maintain lung development


II IL known that in large towns, ten
thousand feet above the level of the sea,
the deaths by consumption are ten times
less than in places nearly ON level with
the sea. Twenty five persona die ot con
sumption i'm the city of New York, where
only two die of that disease in the city of
Year: 1870

my revolver, fortunately reserved until
now, played among the attacking party,
and man was dropped at every shot; so
they drew of. Dick managed, with a
great effort, to drag himself through the
window, and then tainted away from loss
OF blood and exhaustion; and when ran
down the ladder to make fast the window
again, | iOund him comfortably reclining
with his head in ROsita's lap, the latter
having been stunned by her unccremo-
NOUS entry. But could not stay to help
here; my post was on the roof. | hur-
ried up the ladder, noticing for the first
time that | had myself suffered in the
scrimmage to the extent of slight flesh
wound from bullet The fight was over
Throughout the remainder of the night
the Indians fingered about, and stole most
of the horses and some sheep, but they
had not pluck again to encounter the
deadly breech leaders Seldom indeed,
had such a severe lesson been taught
them; and when the glorious sun rose
(never sight more welcome) we saw them
ride beaten off the field, bearing with
them five of the slain; six other corpses
were lying in front of the window, where
the fiercest struggle had been, and two
more were afterwa found, who had
crawled inte the ditch like wild animals
to die.


We learned from the pretty Rosita,
whose gratitude was most touching, that
she had been captured while walking in
the orange garden near her fathers house,
short time before we were attacked.


you, noble caballeros,' she said, 'have
preserved me from death, and from what
is tar worse. God will reward yos, for i
Can never"


| think Dick, however, was of differ
ent opinion at all events he has always
seemed remarkably satisfied with the re-
ward he persuaded her to make him.


Some years have passed since that
eventful night. Dick and Roslta arc liv
ing at Don RamOn's estancia, that worthy
old gentleman having departed this life
shortly after their marriage. |, too, am
with them as partner in the land, flocks,
and herds, of which we have goOdly
quantity; and whenever the increasing
stock of little Dicks and Rositas ask me,
as they invariably do of an evening, to
tell them story, know that nothing less
will content them than full, true, and
particular account of the night attack.
Year: 1870

DR.. Thompson, who lost his shawl the
other day, found it by investing a dollar in
advertising. A gentleman in Auburn recent
ly lost Sll0 and sought it in vain for week
till at last he advertised it and found his
missing sheckels in his own pockets. The
proofs of the benefit of advertising are every
where shown, but this is the latest
Year: 1870

The Dirigo boys, after their first check in
their brilliant successes this season, have
picked up the bat and are ready to try it
again. In their second contest in Boston
they showed their usual mettlc
Year: 1870

While the workmen were engaged Wednes-
day afternoon in unloading stone weighing
about four tons, at the new bulk head, at the
Kennebec dam, of the guys gave way. let
ting the derrick fall, the stone crushing one side
of the team. One man was precipitated of
the pier On which he was at work, striking
his arm against the stone work and brusing
it considerably. 1t is a matter of congratu-
lation that no accidents of serious nature
have taken place upon any of the works thus
far, and we sincerely hope that we shall have
none to chronicle.
Year: 1870

LUXURY OF EASY DREssEs-The following
clipped from 80 Laws OF Life" is especially
commended 20 the careful perusal of ladies who
indulge in tight lacing:


Very few ladies know how to appreciate An
easy, healthful dress. They think their dresses
are loose, when a man or boy put into one as
tight would gasp for breath, and feel incapable
Cf putting forth any effort except to break the
bands Ladies are 10 accustomed to the tight
hts OF dressnakers that they fall all to pieces,
when relieved of them. They associate the
loose dress with the bed or lounge. To be up,
they must be stayed up, and to recommend a
comfortable dress to them is not to meet a con-
SCiOuS want of theirs.


IL Is great pity, none the less IL they could
fuce Know what a luxury il is to breathe deep


and fUll at each respiration, to feel the refresh
Ment which the system takes in by having the
b!ood enliyened and sent bounding through the
arteries and veins, to have the aids to digestion
Which such processes gives, to have their own
strong, elastic muscles keep every organ in place
ana the mse Ives erect; IL they could for a while
know this blessed luxury, and then be sent back
INTO the old, stiff straight-jackets, they would
Iume and fret and rave in very desperation ii
they could not get rid Of them.


As IT Il, they prefer to languish and suffer
dreaoIully, and die young, and leave all of their
friends and their husbands, and their little chill
tren, and do not see any other way but to let
them be sick and die till they are satisfied. III
only the sinner was the sufferer il would net be
so worth while to make great ado about il, but
the bIghting OF future innocent lives which
must follow renders the false habits OF our
women In the highest degree criminal.
Year: 1870

lN DIGGING DRAINS for pipe, experience has
demonstrated that the cut for the tile shonld he
made only large enough to admit LAYING them
correctly, as they viii thus be less liable to get
out or place, and there will be much less Ioess
dIrt to work into the joints and obstruct the fov
of water. The ditch should be filled As fast as
prsehcsble, that nothing may disturb the level
Of the drain or obstruct Ii by displacing sysn
one tile- Where good tile can be had AT twelve
70 fifteen dollars per thousand, of a length that
SNteen will lay q rod, farmers and Others who
fave used both aver that tile Is cheaper than
s'one where the stone costs only the quarrying
and picking up, drawing and laying leayinS
3et OF the question the better quality Of the
drain laid with tile
Year: 1870

DecisiOn-By Judge Blatchford.-In the mat
Ter Of LOUts Lindduer HdOeds COTpus.-This Is an
application for writ Of habeas corpus The petitioner
dCtDent found against him therein and sentenced
such conviction, the Court which imposed the sentence
having been held by Judge Woodruff. have conferred


with him the questions raised in the case, and we con-
in the conclusion that the application must be
denied. The indictment found the Path Of No
Ncmber, 1863. The petitioner his conviction, was
sntenced the 10Th OF March, 1870 TO be imprisoned
for Elk months. Under that sentence he is con
fined in the custody OF the Marshal, in the Jail Of
the City and County OF Hew-YOrk The application for
TIC writ is made the ground that the sentence
crrOnoOu for the that the statute under which
tbe conviction had does not authorize imprisonment


Int authorizes only fine each count OF the ndict


cnt charges the defendant with having violated the
law In respect OF the business Of lottery ticket dealer
h~ was properly punished by imprisonment under the
18th section OF the Of 1895 He indicted under
that section well under the T3d section OF the
oi 1854 as amended That 18th section imposes the pun
iAhment OF Imprisonment upon any WHO shall gage
az be concerned IA such business without having paid the
special tax and the first count Of the Indictment which
charges that the defendant did and


Ia such business was evidently framed that 18th sec
ton The second count charges him with having e1er-
Csed and carried on such business without having paid
the special tax, and In framed on the T3d Sec
ton Of the. act OF 1864, as amended. As the
defendant pleaded guilty 10 both counts Of the ndic-


ent and as at least one Of them Ia good and as the
conviction and sentence apply TO each count 1t follows
IhAt there no cause for the defendants discharge and
tIat the writ Of habeas corpus must be refused.


Tho question involved In this case was before Judge
Year: 1870

Mr. EDIToR: Will you allow me through
your valuable columns to call attention to
what I, and many others, conceive to be a
deleterious practice among the merchants of
our town. I alIude TO the custom requiring
the clerks, our business young men, to re-
main at the store and keep open doors until
nine o'clock at night FIRST, maintain that
the employer is not pecuniariiy benefited
That he does not sell enough, over and
above what he would get anyway, to pay for
the lights burned Second, that young men
who have no family ties here, must neces-
sarily have some time for association with
each other, and in consequence of the pre-
valling custom, they are denied that privi-
IeEe unless they encroach upon the time re-
quIred by nature for refreshment in sleep,
thereby impairing their health and uniting
them for duty the following day. Third,
this cruel practice allows them no time for
visiting the daar young ladies' and certainly
nothing can be more conducive to morals
refinement and elevation of character. than
association with young ladies'


No time for reading, for cultivation of the
mind, no relaxation from the one continuous
monotcny. Not an hour that they can call
their own. They must put on pleasing
face and entertain any loafer who may see
it to drop in, no matter how unreasonable
the hour. An hour of privacy, without tress-
passing, is luxury too sweet, even to be
dreamed Of by Bolivar clerk Instead of
pleasure business becomes an irksome
task, drag. No other class of laborers are
compelled, at the peril of losing a situation,
to work after sunset The clerks feel the
injustice of this stinting penury, and if the
merchant viii discard the idea that clerks
are mere machines to be run at will, and
treat them as beings rational, and display a


little more iberality toward them, they will
find it greatly to their advantage. The clerk
would feel more under obligation, and would
double his ezertions in the interest of his
employer, if he could only feel that there
existed mutual interest It is not mans
nature to give something for nothing, If
he benefits he expects to be benefited in
return. ONE OF Them
Year: 1870

"The people Of Corinth, with wonderful
public spirit, ana illustrating degree ofin-
telli=ence not often developed in Southern
communities, have begun the construction
of q magnificent cotton mill in the very midst
of the historical city. The building will
stand hear the Scrugg's House just west of
the Mobile and Ohio road, 1t Will give en-
ployment to every impoverished widow and
orphan girl in the city, and prove the best
school Of morals and industry ever estab


ished Most cities have chain gangs and
Houses of Correction. COrinth wiser than
these, organizes a school in which lessons of
honest toll and mechanical skill ere incul-
Gated Evils and misdeeds that are else
where punished, in COrinth will be prevent
ed Corinth Will now begin a new life
This one will beget a multitude Of kindred
manufactures. The progress and greatness
of the city finds it's true basis Of growth in
this cotton mill ana they who build it, If il
never return dollar, are the truest of their
country benefactors. Memphis AppeaL


Now that the people of Hurdeman have
gone earnestly to work for the purpose oi
securing funds to erect large and magnif
cent cotton factory at or near Bolivar, they
TOO, may soon expect such handsome com
plinents as the above. Come up nobly TO
noble cause, and assist in giving employ
ment to the poor. Hardeman county can
and she ought to build factory as well a,
! Corinth or anv other community.
Year: 1870

Slander Is the tribute which envy pays to
virtue, greatness and success, and there are
few virtuous, great or successful persons
who pass through life without encountering
it. Generally, it is the weapon on which
towards fight, but its use IS not confined to
the cowardly and treacherous. 1t is the
weapon of envy, and unfortunately envy
frequently finds q lodgment in courageous
men, who If not great hearted, are capable
of great deeds, are often devoured by an
envy of successful rivals, and often resort to
SANDER to cripple them. It's an ugly thing
to encounter, end the most virtuons and
pure minded cannot always contain them
selves under the smart of its shafts. And
yet silence Is the most effective shield to its
darts. He who makes its practice to resent
every false assertion that the en7ious may
cast upon him, descends from ;antage
position to fight slander on its own chosen
level, and IS sure to fight at a disadvantage,
and to lose some moral strength in the
descent. Blameless lives do not always es-
cape the venom of the caluminator, but still


a blameless life is the best answer to y
calumny. The public do not iadge a man
by one act they form their estimate Of him
by the aggregate of a lifetime, and while a
few enyious and wicked persons may wel>
come an evil report about the character of a
good man, the mass of his fellows y.ill
neither believe the SANDER nor forgive the
slanderer. There is something in the uni


formly upright and exemplary conduct Of
an innocent man-there is generally 50 clear
a stamp on the brow of genuine honesty,
that the simple denial by such one of an
imputation is enough to cause it to fall harm
less to the ground As truth, even without
fighting, eventually triumphs over error, so
innocence and honesty will in the end gain
the victory over faIsehood and calumny.
though making no reply to their aspersions.
Next to tie despicableness of uttering \
slander Is that Of listening to it. There are
many who are incapable of aspersing the
character of good man, who welcome false
accusations brought him by others. They
like to hear that as good as he seems-that
he has little weaknesses like others-that he
sometimes yields to temptations. To listen
to whispered stories like those which are
never intended to reach the ear Of their
victim, and which the whole conduct of
their victim is a refutation of, is playing the
part of accomplice to the slanderer. 1t is
beneath the dignity of any man or woman
of noble and gentle feelings. Calumniators
would forget their trade if they found no
listeners, and every one who opens his ears
to the voice of the slanderer is guilty of en-
couraging him in his miserable vocation.
Year: 1870

The great number of deaths among the
negroes in Franklin, is remarkable. Three
or four are buried there nearly every week.
The ReUielo of the 4th, says:


'Fhis week six died in two days, some of
them the most prominent of their race in the
community. This extreme mortality is at
tributabe, we suppose, to the sudden
changes Of the weather, and also to the fact
that many Of them are thinly and sEsbbily
clad, and live in open and miserable huts,
that afford them no protection whatever
against the wiutery, chilling blast"
Year: 1870

Northern newspapers and even st Louis
circular are giving currency to the statement
that the No TIA and West will soon plant an
immense corn crop, that 1t viii not be worth
forty cents next fall, that bacon and bread
throughout the West will be unusually
rbean and therefore the South should only
slant sugar and cotton, and suffer the gener-
Gus, kindly disposed people Of the West to
furnish us bacon and bread -AempAiS
Appeak


a regular slab-footed Yankee dodge, and
the editor of the appeal is entitled to credit
when he says he has no faith in such one
sided clap-trap. Let the people Of the South
produce ali the corn and bacon they can.