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Year: 1871

The making of lawn on our prai-
rie soil is Q very simple process. In
the first place the surface must be
deeply plowed, or spaded and
smoothed down, and rolled. It is
then ready for seeding. We may
mix, say, two quarts Of timothy, two
quarts Of clean bluegrass (or its
equivalent in the chaff,) ono pound
Of white clover and four pounds of
red clover for an acre. After SOW
ing, pass over il with q light harrow,
or stir the soil with q steel rake, and
again roll. This last operation is
very important, as tho soil must bo
compacted on the seed and tho sur
face left smooth. Tho quantity of
seed as given above is abundant, If
the soil is properly prepared. 1t
must bo bornc in mind that, in seed
ing lawn it must bo done very
early in the season or we may make
. failure. Tho better plan is to pre-.
pare the lawn in the autumn, and
seed in March or April, just before
the frost is out, we then run no risk.
If VIC do the work in the spring no
time is to be lost after the fros. is
out. The bluegrass which is to be
the main reliance for the turf, will
require two years, at least to mako
q good turf in the meantime, the
timothy and red clover will make a
good showing, and by tho first Of
May the lawn will present o good
appearance. he red clover is q
biennial, and if not allowed to 90 to
seed, will be entirely out at tho end
of the second year.
Year: 1871

The way Colorado deacon laid
up treasure in Heaven is thus touch
iDgly recorded on his tombstone ;
"Whcn circumstances rendered it
impossible for him to attend. tho
stated preaching Of the gospel, he
made it y sacred rule to kill an In
dian every Sabbath
Year: 1871

path nrIlncs, and it is downward path


thereafter until the cnl


The evening of every mans life is com
inc on apacc. The day of life will soon
he spent. The sun, though it may be
up in mil-hcaveT, will pass swiftly down
the western sky, and disappear. What
shall light up mans path when the sun
Of light has gone down lie must travel
on to the next world; what shall IL
illuminate his footsteps after the nightfIll
oi death, amid the darkness of his Jour
ncy What question more important,
more practical, more solemn, for each
reader to ask himself!


That is long journey to travel with
out light, without a Guide, and without
friend. Yet every man must perform
IT. lhe time is not far distant when all
men begin the journey There is an
evening star IN the natural world Its
radiance is bright ana beautiful, and
cheering TO The benightcd traveller. But
lIie's evening star is good hope of heaven
lis beauty and briliancy are reflected
from the sun OF Righteousness. Whose
brI2ht rays light up the evening of life,
and throw their radiance quite across the
darkness OF the grave into Immanuers
land. 1t has Illuminated the footsteps
OF many Traveller into eternity 1t Is
oi priceless value. \ thousand worlds
'a'n"t purchase it yet it i offered
wIth"nt money and wihont price TO him
win" will prnlt"ntly and thankfully re
Give If
Year: 1871

AN AWFUL FROG SToRY.-A man named South
worth, living in Warren Pennsylvania, has just
elected from his stomach frog which had been
living there for fifteen years. Mr.. Southworth las
had great deal of trouble with that frog 1t used
to begin to croak at the most unreasonable hours
When Southworth would 20 TO church. for instance
the frog would remain quiet until the congregation
engaged in silent prayer, and then it set up such
terrific yowl that the sexton would run in and collar
Southworth and drag him out to quiet down in the
graveyard. Sometimes the frog would give a noe
turnal serenade after Souihwortb asleep in Led
and then Sothworth would rise, as mad as anything
and sieze a stomach pump and try to draw the frog
up. But the subtle reptile had had that trick tried
on him too often during those fifteen years. and it
always Skinned up the tube piece, out of the draft
and waited until Southworth exhausted himself
Southworth never fooled that frog great deal. And
when frogs were in season, Southworth used to fish
for this with fly; but it always refused to rise,
and the fly buzzed around so in Southworth's ali
mentary canal that it nearly ticklsd him TO DEATH
So SouthwOrth had TO wait until the other day.
when the frog thought it would come up and go
and friend; and when it did come Southworh
killed it with fork. He says the frog used to eat
twice much he did; but we have been thinking
it over, and it seems to us the statement must be
exaggerated somebow.-Figdro
Year: 1871

AN old lady residing in Chicago was perhaps
one Of the most brilliant examples Of conjugal
tenderness that the last century produced Her
husband had been long dying, and at length, on
The clergyman of the church making one of his
daily visits, found him dead. The disconsolate
widow, in giving an account of his last moments,
told him her poor dead old man kept groaning
she, recolected l had got new piece of car
pet binding in the drawer; so l took some of that
and tied it around his neck, and then stopped
his nose with my thumb and fore6nger, and, poor
dear be went off ike q lamb !"
Year: 1871

The bed of the Seine below Paris contains a
large rock, called the Speaking Stone by the peo-
pie. Only at times of the greatest drought this
rock becomes visible, aud it has appeared above
the surface now again for the first time in many
years. 1t is called the Speaking Rock, because
the following words have been chiseed into it :
Those who have seen me have wept, and those
who will see me will weep"
Year: 1871

The value oil professional men i'll legislative
body is curously illustrated by the history Of the
Jures Act. which passed the House of Com
mons last sessions. Although there are upward
of hundred lawyers in that body, many of whom
were specially interested in the passage of the
act. it is SO unskillfully drawn that some of the
sections are uninteiligible, others will in practice
be completely imperative, while others wi


when in operation, produce a totally different ef-
feet from that which the Legislature intended.
Year: 1871

On the arrival of the ferry-boat at Detroit, the
other day. robust young man was seen to lift
his mother in his arms and carry her to the train,
Seeing her condition, policeman ventured to
ask why they did not stop over day or two and
let the invalid rest little. Because said the
son. in cool, business tone, the old ladys got
the consumption, and won't live morn week,
and l want to put hor through to IlIanoy afore
she drops the 6gger."
Year: 1871

The RIeHr soKr.-An Ohio youth, who desir-
ed to wed the object of his affections, had an in
terview with her parental dad in which he
said that, although be had no wealth worth talk
ing Of, yet be was chock full of days works"
He got the gIF
Year: 1871

tion left his seat and gone into the lobby he lost
Q good chance TO make one OF his caustic explana-
appreciate. lt was now nalfpast ten with no pros
pect OF an adjournment, and the crowds from
oeocs aaa al np eve avsabs In the
against their W nd ,nSx 50 % MOsS to
Kennedy resumed his seat he had not to wait long
for reply, for Tom Creamer had been itcnng to
plunge into the fray headl0ng. lie defended the Dill
stoutly but carefully relraned from any reference
to the time when


THE YOUNG DEMOCRACY


left the fold and the bargain was made between
caring that the bill was not partizan measure and
would be one OF the most just laws that could be In


Parker replied to Dreamer The latter, he said,
had told him year ago that at the election That
thousand fraudulent votes had been cast for Cover
nor IN New York city, and that the elections in the
city OF New York, to use his own expression, were


Mr. CREAaER replied by declaring that the course
for the Introduction OF this bill was that the man
with the musket (the federal power) had stood at
every poll and intimidated the voters.


Mr.. HARDENBURGH spoke Of the bargain as one be-
can party as that "You vote for my charter and I
VII lyote for your election law" Il was
SQUARE DIVIDE SORT OF THING.
He defended the bill, but denounced the bargain
as one that never should have been made and
which he considered not blLding upon him. 1t was
an INFAMOUS bargain. and he insisted that even If It
was legitimate, no one would dare to claim that 1t
was perpetual and that no subsequent Senate could
repeal It, He declared his opposition all registry
laws as the source OF fraud ol the worst Kind. lie
was In favor OF a6ollshing the Registry law In It's
entiety, but ne believed that the real question was
whether this Ibargain between Senators Chapman
and Kennedy on the one side and Mr.. Tweed on the
other was TO stand forever


ana reported In favor OF the bill. The report
was then formally adopted py the Senate and the
bill ordered TO third reading. The first
real growl the Senator's have had among
themselves this session, combined with the
action taken. tonight on the Erie Dill, has
York politicians here who came In town to-day In
gwarms from the boats and cars, and there are
pretty good Indications that the beginning OF the
end Is very near at hand.
Year: 1871

say three or four inches, run Il "twister,"


or other plow that will throw the earth


over them and entirely cover them up.


This will not injure them, as might be
supposed, but will be an advantage to
them in several ways. First, if they
are very early and liable to have the
tops bit by frost, it will be a protection;
and second, it checks an carly and lux
uriant growth of tops, and causes them
to commence forming tubers earlier.
They will soon grow out again, and
when they are large enough plow them
again, throwing the dirt to them, but
do not cover them this time. This is
all the plowing they will need. Keep
them clear Of weeds and grass, of which
there will not be much after the second
blowing peg
Year: 1871

An Ohio editor is getting particular
about what he eats. Hear him: s'rhe
woman who made the butter which we
bought last week is respectfully re-
quested to use more judgment in pro-
portioning the ingredients. The last
batch had too much hair in it for but
ter, and not quite enough for a water
fall. There is no sense in making your
self baldheaded if butter is sixty-five
cents a pound"
Year: 1871

The most singular incident In the


eventful life Of Sam Houston, and one


never heretofore explained, was the


abandonment Of the gOVernOrShip O1


Tennessee only three days after marry


ing a young wife. He became a volun-
t.,ry exile among the Indians of the
plains for years thereafter, was made a
great chief, and only re-appeared in
public life when Texas was struggling
for Independence. The Galveston Ncws
lifts tho veil from the secret chamber of
Houston's heart by the following
strange narration 1855 t.s.. ... q:


"What we know about this matter is
50 honorable to him that we shall, for
the first time, put it in print. We may
premise that our Information Is directly
from one now deceased, who, during
her life, had n right to know what
caused that strange episode in the life
of the great man. Gov. Houston's first
bride was Tennessee belle of surpas-
sing beauty, and of considerable social


nnk. She was, if not the affianced
bride, at least the sweetheart of a neigh
boring gentleman, when Gov. Houston
first sought her hand. Her family, be-
ing very ambitious, forced the match,
and she was married. After retiring to
her bridal chamber, her conduct was
such as to cause him to suspect that
while her hand was his her heart was an
others. She confessed the truth when
interrogated, and while promising
fidelity and wifely duty, declared
herself unable to love him. He at once
retired from the house, leaving his
bride as pure and spotless as ever. He
then resigned his position and went
tho Comanches. In due time
the lady sought and obtained divorce.
Year: 1871

A Dangerous Journal for the Lower Classss-


Printed on Straw Paper nId Finv.rea With


Eau dc Cologne.


THE ORANGE PARADE


u the Italians in this composite city-and there
are enough OF them to make Respectable munic
palty-should attempt to renew che Old Guelph
and Ghbeliine feuds In our Streets to
the r,sk OF American lives, we should
make snort work OF arrestfng ana committing the
% ers would @ ind safe II not commodious quarters at
State expense up the Hudson. But such demon
stration would excite almost as much contempt as
efforts on the part OF tue police


should, however, our adopted citizens from Ire
land SO far forget their obligations TO the land which
gives them freedom, equal rights and abundant en-
ployment as 10 maze our streets next Wednesday
the scenes OF riot anu blOOdshed, the magnitude OF
the aanger would increase the indignation which
Americans would justly feel at such desecration
Irish city ia the world and there is no telling where
the breaking OF few Irish heads by Irishmen on
suc6 an occasion woala enc; IN view OF such
might be considered extreme measures OF precau-
,lon and 70 proyb vi de sufficient force Giv n and m
cipient riot ON the occasion OF the Orange parade.


We still trust that the Roman Catholic Irlsnmen
will follow the counsels given them yesterday by
their highest spiritual advisers, and abstain from
any violation OF the peace. In this country the
lie demonstrations, and our adopted citizens
are under double obligation to loilow &C, our
of attacking a parade Of democrats, nor do demo
Gratis think Of attacking pro eson OF republicans,
although IN either case highly offensive nags and
Moreover 1t Is not too mucn for Amer.
cans TO ask that our foreign born citizens
should value the rights and duties of their
new citizenship far more highly than the old fac.
tiona ties which they regarded as sacred across the
water II they are so full Of old animOsities that
they are blinded to q sense Of regard for the COM
munity in which they live, let them 90 INTO some
inhabited locality on Long Island or IN John Browns
tract, and hight it out without risk to Innocent
people


We are confident that the police will he prepared
for any riotous demonstrations that are likely 10
cur next Wednesday, but there is 30 much and such
Intense excitement among our Irish population
that the military ought to be In readiness for pos
sible disturbance That may be too much for
clubs and rev0vers And 1t ID not only i'm
sSonld he on hand for any emergency. but mat the
fact should be universally known in advance. The
mere fact that such extreme preparations were all
nounced would have the effect TO overawe the riot
ously inclined ana make the work OF police com.
paratively easy.
Year: 1871

1t says thus:-


There have been wel-grounded fears OF a riot IN
this city on wednesday, When the Orange societies
parade; but We in n0pes that the very agitation
which has preceded this omlnous day has disspated
the electricity and given clcarness and health and
safety 10 the atmosphere. II TO be forewarned to
be loTearned then no one can be excusable for
want OF preparation; but In the turmoil and heat
OF the DEBATES that have been held room has been
found Tor those wiser councils that ought 10 pre-.
vall. The danger anticipated is from the very
spectacle freshman in New YORK. all who inteill.
gent ana thrifty, all who comprehend the nature Of
the Institutions under which they live, are the
friends or peace and order and deprecate the slight.
est dis urbance. They may gard the acts Of the
resuirection OF long buried hates, but they recog-
niZe tie right of all the people TO assemble peace
ably, to parade IN procession and TO indulge IN Tree
speech and Tree thought. Whatever limitations
may be placed on these rights they would
place them by law, and not by the unreasonrg
strong and healthy public sentiment OH this subject,
and those who violate the ORDER OF the day OF m
accoun ability. The civil authorities viii do taeir
duty and VIII preserve the peace against all vino


II is significant fact that the clergy Of the
Roman Catholic Church have deemed it their
OF them, from the venerable Arcnolshop down
TO the numblest parish priest have wisely mcul-
Gated peace pea and charity and have done what
easily bring upon themselves They recognize, too,
the right OF Orangemen to parade and they warn
country which they would commit by disturbing the
public peace and resisting the constituted author
ties. They are urged to pursue their avocatonS
as usual and by oil means 10 cultivate a spirit
OF conciliatIon. Such was the general tenor OF
the Gdvic: given yesterday, and We trust II may
spoken by the laIe Archbishop to the crowd
which o5eyed his summons In 1868. Inc
elements that are to De soothed aud quleted
are excita6le and iDflammaole. They have the
stimulus political ana religious hate emphasized
nstigaled by these passions are not altogether
rea asOnabe, and they hardly fail to listen TO the
naoc nj MI tunQ rl 10
most certain. There never has Deen O time when
lrishmen had so good chance to earn the honors
that accompany good citizenship. They can rise
aoOve passion and spite, and show the poise and
equauInty which belong 10 people conscious Of
power ana confident IN doing their DUTY. An out.
peaceful bearing repes the reproaches Of alt, and
shames the petty malice OF those VINO would breed
disorder either by insult or by appeals 70 sympathy
OF race or religion.
Year: 1871

We have repeatedly maintained that foreign
citizens have no night 70 introduce the discords Of
their own country into this. We can make u sun.
clent number VI party qnaIrels OF our own, and we
can make them fast enough, without being bored
and annoyed by the hereditary fcuds OF foreign


ers. Professions which Keep alive the quarrels
OF another country ana another generation
ought, therefore, 70 be discouraged and we
had half hoped that the good sense OF Orangemen
would have induced them 10 refrain from what they
call demonstration" 10 the public streets on the
18th. The event which they commemorate was
doubtless q very great one and the man whom they
honor Is never likely 10 be coldy remembered by
Protestants IL was owing 10 william OF Nassau
that England was delivered from the tbraldom Of a
monarch who thought that the Protesants ought
TO be swept from the face OF the eartn VINO broke
every law ne had sworn 10 Keep who sent Jenries
on the Bloody Circuit, and wn0 was at once the
most bigOted, cruel and cowardy Of mankind THIS
was tue last Of tae Papist Kings OF England and IL
Year: 1871

4 fsvorite theme Of Cocllney poets is the inno-
cence and simplicity Of the country-an indefinite
and widely diifused Parsdiee where there is TO
deceit, no axes, nor fashions, where people live
natursi lives and wear their old clothes IN
sbashet. This idea Of the rural districts is as
incorrect as most Cockney notions. The struggle
for social position is as keen and relentless in the
interior as on The avenue The insane desire to
appear more than we are is as fierce and ;yran-
nous in the prairie towns as on Ms9son-souare
few dsys ago young msn in Hamilton, Ohio.
walked into the bank where be wss employed,
and, calmly unbuttoning his Eaistcoat, shot him
self through the heart He did not speak sitter
the shooting, but had talked 60 much before,
that everybody knew the cause of the selfsaugh
ter. He was engaged to be married to a young
lady Of the same town, and was in grave doubt
whether his means would allow him to begin
housekeeping in as elegant style SIS he would
wish Instead Of taking 70 heart the illogical
but true and heartsome arithmetic Of lovers
which teaches thst twice one is one, his morbid
fancy, corrupted and spoiled by life Of what is
called sCciety-as well in Nebraska, as in
Lon3ou-could see nothing but ruin and priva-
ton in the prospect of assuming the care Of an
other exisiance. lie vas not afraid Of death,
but he could not endure economy. Rather than
face life hravely, with his young wife by his side
be preferred to solve the riddle by iestrcyin5
himself and casting over the future Of his be
trothei the awful shadow Of a mysterious sorrow
and crime. There is = sermon in the brief para
graph that contains this tragedy. L ia new
demonstration Of the falsehood Of social life
among us, and the mean and vulgar cowariice
that lies at the bottom Of social ambition
Year: 1871

. The symptoms of Liver


Complaint are uneaslness
and pain in the side. Some


times the pain is in the
shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The stom-
ach is effected with loss OF
appetite and sickness, bowels


in general costlve,, some
otimes alternating with lax
d with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss


of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation of hay


ing left undone something


which ought to have been


done. Often complaining or
weakness, debility and low
espirita. Sometimes many OF
Year: 1871

Dr. l.. respectfully informs the public that for
twenty years he has given especial attention to
the preservation Of the natural teeth, and will
continue to do so, and invites those who wish to
save them to call on him, knowing that many
arc extracted, and destroyed that by proper
treatment might be preserved and made useful
for life. Artificial teeth inserted only rs AP-
PROVED BY PROFESSORS AND COLLEGES. noH'-tf
Year: 1871

THE following beautiful poem wa
recited at the close Of the fuucra
observances, at Savannah, GA, re
Gently, on the occasion of the rein
terment of Confederate soldies who
fell at Gettysburg:l
Gather the sacred dust


OF the warriors tried and true,
Who bore the flag ofour Nation trust,
And fell in the cauae though lost, still just,


And died for me and you
Gather them one and all


From the private to the chief
Come they from hoycl or princcly hail,
TLey fell for u.s. and for them should fall


The tears orn Nations grief
Gather the corpcs strewn


Der manya battle plain
From many grave that lies so lone,
| Without name and without a stone,
NlIDtI tue DpNtuPEu ElAAHs
We care not whence they came,


Dear is their feless clay
Whether unknown, or known, to fame
Their cause and country still the same


They died--and wore the GRAY.
| Wherever the brave have died


They should not rest apart;
Living they struggled side by side
Why should the hand Of death divide
| single heart from heart 2
Gather their sacred clay,


Wherever II may rest
Just as they marched to the bloody fray
Just as they fell on the battle day;


Bury them breast to breast.
The foeman need not dread


This gathering Of the brave;
Without sword or flag, and with soundless irest
We muster once more our deathless dead
Out Of each lonely grave.
Tho foeman need not frown;


They are all poweress now
We gather them here, and we lay them down,
And tears and prayers are the only crown


We bring TO wreath each brow.
And the dead must meet the dead,


While the living over them weep
And the men whom Lee and Stonewall led;
And the hearts that once together bled,


Together still shall sleep.
Year: 1871

Alone walked the 0cean strand
A pearly shell was in my hand
stopped and wrote upon the sand


Ny name, the year and date.
As onward from the spot passed.
One lingering look behind cast
A waveJcome rolling high and fast,


And washed my lines away.
And 50 methought twill quickly be
With every mark on earth from me
A wave Of dark oblivion's sea


Will sweep across the place
Where have trod the sandy shore
OF time and be TO me no more
OF me, my day, the name bore,


To leave no track or trace.
And yet with him who counts the sands
Aud holds the water in his hands,
know a lastin record stands,


Inscribed against my name.
OF all this mortal part has wrought,
Of all this thinking soul has drought
And from these feeting moments caught,


For glory and for shame.