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Year: 1871

II you are suffering, or have suffered
from involuntary discharges, what effect
does it produce on your general healthr
Do you feel weak, debilitated, easily tiredf
Does a little extra exertion produce pal
pitation of the. hearth Does your liver, OF
urinary organs, or your kidneys, frequent
ly get out of order7 Is your urine some
times thick, milky or focky, or is it ropy
on settling? Or does thick skum rise to
the top? Or is sediment at the bottom AZ
spells of short breathing or dispepsia3 Are
your bowels constipated? Do you have
spells of frainting, or rushes of blood to
the head Is your memory impaired? Is
your mind constantly dwelling on this
subject? Doyou feel dull, listless, moping,
tired of company, or life? Do you wish
to be left alone, away from everybodyP
Does any little thing make you start or
jump? Is your sleep broken or restless ?
Is the lustre of your eye as brilliant?
The bloom on your cheek as bright? Do
you enjoy yourself in society as well? Dc
you pursue your business with the same
energy Do you feel as much confidence
in youself? Are your spirits dull and flag
ging, given to fits of melancholy? If SO,
do not lay it to your liver or dyspepsia.
weak, your knees weak, and have but lit
tie appetite, and you attribute this to dys
pepsia or liver-complaintf
Year: 1871

How many men, from bsdlyeured dis
eases, from the effects of self-abuse and
excess, have brought about that state of
weakness in those organs that has reduced
the geneal system so much as to produce
almost every other disease-idiocy, iunacy,
paralysis, spinal affections, suicide, and al
most every other form of disease which
humanity is heir to, and the real cause OF
the trouble scarcely ever suspected and
have doctored forall but the right one.
Year: 1871

The VULTUREs. DIR. w. Burnett late State
Senator from Sonoma county, and one Of the
finest and purest gentlemen the State ever
boasted was lying on a sick bed in the last
strge ofconsumption, when Governor Haight
vetoed the plundering railroad bills. With
out bis vote. the plunderiug thieves could
pass these bills over the veto, and when it
was found that the sick man had determined
to do one more righteous act by going to the
Senate and voting to sustain the Governor,
the plundering hounds stole his clothes from
the room. The clothes were found and the
sick Senator went to the Senate, and by his
vote saved millions Of dollars to the people
Of the State. Governor Haight caused q
small monument to he erected to the memory
of the noble Senator, and, it is said, paid for
it out of his private contingent fund. and now
these vile plundering vulturcs are bowling
because handsome stone marks the last
resting place of this noble Senator. The
State should thank Governor Haight for the
act, and erect fifty thousand dollar monu-
Jnent over the grave Of Senator Burnett.
Year: 1871

Aye, it must be so, 70, the Stripes charg-
es it on the other Republican ring, and points
out very plainly who the men are that are
corruptly trying to defeat its men, and
strangely charges us with. or, thanks us for
having written something that compels it to
blow on the corruptions in its own party.
The article is too long for our columns or We
would give it in full But to the g'st Of this
Republican corruption as charged by the
Stripes, and the knowledge Of which had
been hanging heavily on our neighbor's con.
science for months. Some months ago a
, rich man in San Francisco offered leading
Republican Of this county s. 900 to spend
in beating Sargent in Placer, and this latter
revealed the rrupt monstrous plot to the
Stripes editor. Soon after, a prominent pol
I itician from ncighboring county look out
Capl visited Auburn, 1--WE saw him. and
notified the Stripes editor Of formidable
combination of men and corruption money to
beat Sargent, and as good as told Mr.. Sell
kirk that if be would join the cerruptionists
til ut lie should have handsome Office or
big pile Of money. A little later, Tuttle
was announced for Congress, and the Stripes
editor was credibly informed that the rich
San Franciscan was at work for Tuttle.
These are serious, very serious charges, and
point SO plainly to individual Republicans
that they cannot pass them uncontradicted,
without acknowledging their own guilt. But
the STR pes revelations do not stop here, for
the article proceeds:


"IVe knom, assert and can prore that a
county candidate who is avowedly for Tuttle
has attempted to prejudice voter against
one of his competitors, on the ground that
said competitor was for Sargent. We also
know that at least one other prominent coun
ty candidate has been sought to be prejudic-
ed against Sargent, on the ground that the
latter and bis friends were in combination in
favor of a competing candidate"


The italics are ours.


The Stripes editor, little further down in
the article, broadly asserts that he has been
offered remuneration to oppose SARGENT
a direct offer of bribe. Treating the allie
cations Of the Stripes as true, we do give the
editor credit for making them public, and
yet we cannot devest our mind of the fact
that the exposure is to rebound to the bcne
fit of the editor friends in the same proper
lion it Injuries the other wing Of the party,
and in that sense, is not entirely free from
'eishness. Reader, You must remember
hat this is but one side Of the case and that
he other side must be heard before judg-
nent is pronounced
Year: 1871

Tue LAST DANcE.-The Auburn dancing
Club has been giving its last dance 70,
the last six weeks, three having taken place
h sthat time, and on last Tuesday evening
The last one for the season is said to have
positively occurred, but what is TO be done
now, since We no longer have dancing club
o. skating rink ?
Year: 1871

90 there at night, and pluck rose,
there by the churchyard wall.


One that is dead knows more than all
we living know; the dead know the
dread we should feel at anything so
strange as that they should come to
us; the dead are better than we all, and
so they do not come. There is earth
over the coffin, there is earth in it.
The psalm-book with its leaves is dust
the rose with all its associations has
crumbled into dust; but above, fresh
roses bloom-above the nightingale
sings, and the organ plays; one thinks
Of the old grandmother, with the mild
eyes, ever young.


Eyes can never diel Ours shall one
day see her, young and beautiful as
wheh, for the first time, she kissed the
fresh red rose that lieth now dust in the
OraVn
Year: 1871

Two Trains Wrecked by Gang OF


Negro Robbers.


From the Meridian (Miss) Gazette, July 3d.


Thursday night as the :37 mail train
was approaching the city from Mobile,
the engineer discovered that the turn
table switch was open, and reversed his
engine; but it was too late; the engine
with its train of human freight rushed
up the side-track and into the turn-table
pit" shattering the heavy timbers OF
the table and smashing the engine and
tender up in q most fearful manner.
The engineer and fireman made their
escape, but brakeman named John
Collins was caught between two of the
coaches and had both legs badly broken.
All the passenger cars were more or less
injured. A train was made up here in
the morning, and about eleven o'clock
started north with the passengers and
mail.


The switch was also opened at Okatib-
bee, seven miles below this place. The
southwark bound train, due there at 2:43
q. M, was thrown from the track and
Slightly damaged. An engine went
down in the morning and assisted in
getting the cars on the track again,
when the train continued on to Mobile
1t is thought the trains were thrown off
by the gang of negro thieves who have
been stealing from this road for the past
three years. The through freight "
reaches Meridian generally little
ahead of the passenger trains, and it is
believed the switches were opened to en-
trap and pillage the train, but it hap
pened that the train did not come along
Thursday night, and consequently the
passenger trains suffered. Some steps
should be taken at once to break up this
clan of robbers and assassins; hemp
should be freely used until the band is
entirely annihilated.
Year: 1871

CANDIDATEs.-Quite an extensive list of
names has been handed in, as suitable for
candidates for the various county Offices,
which are to be filled this fall, which will
be found elsewhere under their appropriate
head.


A strong ticket may be selected from
this list, which by proper efforts on the
part of the Republican party, should be
elected. All that is necessary to accom-
plish this desirable end, is earnest action
and devotion to the cause. By placing
good candidates before the people, we fur
nish an increased incentive to action and a
hearty unanimity of the party. The
Republican party should leave no stone
unturned to rescue the county from DEM
ocratic misrule, at the approaching election.
Year: 1871

At the head of the editorial column will
be found the call of the County Executive
Committee for Primary Meetings, on Satur-
day afternoon next, to choose. delegates for
County Convention of the party. We
hope the request of the Committee, that
the meetings take up the question in rela-
tion to the mode of selecting ticket for
county officers, will not be neglected, and
that every delegation from the nine Dis
tricts will come to Elkton fully prepared to
decide the matter. With good county
ticket, reasonable degree of enthusiasm
and organization, on the part of the Repub-
lican party, in the present demoralized
condition of the Democratic party, the
county can be carried and redeemed from
the thraldom of extravaganza and inca
pacity which is acknowledged by the best
men in their ewn party to exist at present
in every department of the county service.
Let the people assert their independence
and sovereignty, and rise above being longer
humbugged by the arts and tricks of set
of "Ring" politicians of the Rebel De-
mocracy, and hurl from place and power
the men who squander, by miss manage
ment, the public treasure by tens of thous-
ands in the county, and by millions in the
State.


Twenty years ago the Democratic party
governed the county, and wasted among
favorites the public treasure by thousands,
when the people rose in their majesty and
hurled them from power, which they did
not regain till too forgetful public was
again lulled by deceptive promises and fab
rications against the Union party, and
allowed the same old foxy politicians to
steal into power. In looking back over the
last four years of county government, we
find the same reckless extravaganza and
heavy taxation, that aroused the hot indig-
nation of the people twenty years ago, who
then hurled from power these same wolves
in sleeps clothing. Will the taxpayers
longer stand to doubt and debate what
ticket to vote? If they still determine to
vote the Democrat ticket in sufficient num-
bers to keep that party in power, we can
promise them to certainty they will get
what they vote for-plenty of taxation
a1eu Latd on.
Year: 1871

THE LEVY LIST will be found on our
first page this week, and will furnish ma
terial for the people to study. One omis-
sion we notice, that is particularly inter-
esting to the public, which is the absence
of detailed statement of the various sums
expended on the public roads. In place of
a statement of the amount passing through
Supervisors hands, the expenditures for
public roads is charged to the Board of
Commissioners. If it was deemed expe-
dent to curtail the statement it would
doubtless have given more general satisfac-
ton to lave the road expenses in detail
and condensed some other.
Year: 1871

Quite pungent discussion has been
going on in the columns of The Democrat
for some weeks, between the Ring" and
anti-Ring Democracy, which could not be
other than interesting to the simple minded
and confiding members of that party who
would believe the moon is made of green
cheese, if some of their leaders but told
them SO. The party organ announces, last
week, its resolve to close its columns in the
future against further pros and cons on the
"Ring" question. In making this an
nouncement regret is expressed that its
columns were ever opened to the un-
fortunate discussion-unfortunate for the
Ring" perhaps. but it's to be hoped not
so for the people who have felt their purses
lightened year after year by the Ring
Democracy, as the hard earnings Of honest
toll went into the Unsuitable NAV of this
daughter of the horse leech.


AS the case stands, the inference is fair
that the old and comfortably established
"Ring" would either be "smoked out"
shortly, if the anti-ringers were left un-
trammeled to pursue their game, or the
latter would have to be shut out,'' if the
Ring" expected to possess their souls
and enjoy their fat offices in peace. In
order to divert the public attention from
the "Ring," and make show of fair play
and no putting up' of the political cards
in convention, it is strongly advised to
adopt the "Crawford county" plan of
nominating candidates; and last week
committee was called to take this new mode
into consideration and report through the
ring-organ to- day their determination.


Now we, being outsiders, and not caring
like the old lady who was complacent
spectator of the fight between her husband
and the bear-which wins, nevertheless
have penchant for ripping open public
sores, and having the dark deeds of office
holders and hunters brought to light,
naturally take sides with the public, and
think if the "Ring" have anything yet
concealed that the public would be better
for knowing, that the anti-rings should
have every facility afforded them for further
expositions; and if the "Ring" has aught
to urge further, either in poetry Or prose in
its own behalf Or defense, fair play demands
that it should have free use of the public
press to prove its innocence. In order that
nothing should remain concealed that the
public ought to know, and being always on
the peoples side, we offer the use of our
columns Gnasmuch as The Democrats have
been closed) for the further ventilation of
all such subjects of public interest as per-
tain to combinations formed by designing
politicians, who confederate to take an
unfair advantage of their constituents. So
come along Rings" and anti-rings; if
anything still remains concealed which the
taxpayers ought to know, out with it,


THE PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET
Beef cattle were dull this week, but prices
were unchanged. About 2400 head sold
at 7a7lc. for extra Pennsylvania and Wes-
tern steers; Ga64c. for fair to good do, and
4a5lc. per 10. gross for common as to quail
ity. Cows were unchanged; 250 head sold
at $3Oa50 per head. Sheep were in fair
demand; 5000 head sold at 5a5sc. per ID.
gross, as to condition. Hogs were in fair
demand; 1900 head sold at S7.25a7 rs per
Year: 1871

1t is said that il tree is ie,led
while in leaf, and allowed TO lie until the
foliage wi.hcrs, the wood will be the soon.
est seasoned. as the leaves will draw all the
sap before they lie.
Year: 1871

PROMPT AND GENEROUS. = About
noon on Tuesday dispatch was received
in this city appealing to our people for
provisions for the suffering thousands in
Chicago. A meeting was Immediately y
had, and the following call issued
Year: 1871

Thomas Jefferson wrote the following
excellent advice. There is great deal
of human nature and good sense in it:


Harmony in the married state is the
very first object to be aimed at. Nothing
can preserve affections uninterrupted but
a firm resolution never to differ in will.
and determination in each to. consider
the love of the other as of more value than
any object whatever on which the wish
had been fixed. How light, in fact. is
the sacrifice of any other wish when
weighed against the affections OF one with
whom we are to pass our whole life. And
though opposition in single instance will
hardly Of itself produce alienation. yet
every one has his pouch into which all
these little oppositions are put; while that
is filing, the alienation is insensibly going
on, and when filed it is complete. 1t
would puzzle either to say why; because
no one difference of opinion has been
marked enough to produce a serious effect
by itself But be finds his affections
wearied out by constant stream of little
checks and obstacles. Other sources ol
discomfort. very common indeed. are the
little cross purposes Of husband and wife,
in common conversation, disposition in
either to criticise and question whatever
the other says, desire always to demon.
strate and make him feel himself in the
wrong. especially in sympathy. Nothing
lis SO goading. Much better. therefore,
if our companion views thing in light
different from what we do, to leave him in
quiet possession Of his view. What is the
use Of rectifying him if the thing be un'
important; and if important, let it pass
for the present, and wait for a softer mo-
ment and more conciliatory occasion ol
revising the subject together. It is won.
derful how many persons are rendered
unhappy by inattention to these little rules
Iof prudence"
Year: 1871

Lime is goood manure for an orchard.
because the trees require it for building
up their trunks and branches. and 10 the
formation of their foliage and fruit. 1t
may be applied at any time, but late in
the fall or early in the spring is the most
suitable period, It should be put on in
the shape of dry dust, and be spread
evenly over the surface and narrowed in.
You may give a good dressing; there is
no fear that you will give too much. for
at the present price Of lime. it is not like
ly that you will apply large quantity.
A bushel to the square rod may be safely
applied, but peck. or even . quart. will
be better than none at all. It is probable
that plaster will answer your purpose bet
ter than lime, for it is composed Of lime
and sulphuric acid and water. the latter
ingredient being of no use to the crops.
Wood or peat ashes are excellent manure;
they should be spread evenly over the
surface, and should not come in contact
with the trunks of the trees. for fear Of
damaging the bark. Lime from we'll
burned limestone is the best for your pur.
pose. 1t should be "slacked" by pouring
water upon it, and when it has crumbled
into dust. it should be applied before il
becomes heavy and damp by extracting
moisture from the atmosphere. If q com.
|paratively small quantity Of lime is mixed
with muck or rich soil Of any kind. al.
lowed to remain in the heap for consid.
cradle time. and then applied to the orch
ard, &C.. it will be more beneficial. thar
a much larger quantity applied without
mixing.
Year: 1871

EE He who has struck his colors to
the power of an evil habit, has surrender
ed himself to the power of an enemy bound
BY no articles of faith. and from whom he
can expect ouly the vilest treatment
Year: 1871

Glover hay. when cut timely. and pro-
perly cured and put away. is considered
by many farmers more nutritious and pal
atable for most kinds Of stock than any
other The misfortune Of mixing Of clo-
yer with timothy is. that they neither
grow or ripen together. The cutting Of
clover, in its best condition, before or at
the time of blossoming. has to be post
poned because it is too carly for the timo-
thy-and when this latter Is ready. it il
too late for the clover, which then having
to some extent passed its state Of inaores.
cence, becomes coarse, 6brous and unpal-
atable. The consequence is, the mass oi
hay put in the barn is not Of prime quail.
ty, and is innutritious. L ID eaten. o.
course. but the question Is. whether the
farmers live stock extract from it the
proper amount Of nutrition? From the
great difference in the rapidly Of growing,
and in the time Of maturing, there would
seem to be hardly two kinds Of grasses
more lily adapted to, be sown together
than timothy and clover.


What grasses shall be substituted for
timothy in our ordinary rotation of seed
ing down after wheat. is . question both
for discussion and experiment, which it
would be well for the farmers clubs to
examine into and experiment. upon.
Year: 1871

The Agricultural Bureau at Washing.
ton. in its report issued last week. an.
nouuces that the condition Of the corn
crop is high, excepting in some Southern
States. and is especially good in the States
beyond the Mississippi. The wheat har.
vest is said to have shown . depreciation
of yield Of about ten per cent. compared
with last year. whilst this is partially of.
set by the increased area cultivated. Bar.
ley is somewhat below an average crop.
Buckwheat will yield about ten per cent.
below an average crop. Rye is of aver
age condition. The hay crop is reduced
in quantity, but of excellent quality. In
the Atlantic States. south of New York,
the reduction has been one-sixth; in New
England. one fourth. whilst the Missis-
sippi valley secured an abundant crop
Potatoes will have about an average yield,
whilst the sweet potato crop is . full one.
Sugar is expected to show an increased
yield OF thirty per cent.
Year: 1871

From the N. Y. World OF 18th.


The selHshnesq OF suicides is getting to
be really disgusting. No other class Of
people exhibit such an utter want of that
hconsideratiou for the feelings Of others"
which has been defined to be the essen.
tiai characteristic ofa gentleman, 1t was
only tho other day that a boor In Ohio
abused the hospitality Of his sister.in.law
by cutting his throat in her best bed
room. And now comes a cooper in West
Virginia who hangs himselfin tho shop OF
his employer, and leaves that unfortunate
mechanic q note with this injunction;
"Clean me up, and put suit Of clean
clothes on me-" A man who Is too much
Of q sloven or a sluggard TO wash and
dress himself while alive, but enough Of
an egotist to impose upon his neighbOrs
tho trouble of making him look decent
afler he Is dead, deserves no consideration
ut all. These people seem TO consider
that their desert towards mankind In
leaving II Is so great that they have
claim for all sorts Of unreasonable ser.
vices In consideration Of that boon. But
az the rate they are going their suicidal
deaths will soon come to be considered
almost as great calamity as the Continu.
anCe Of their lives.
Year: 1871

The HIoH SCHOOL ON THE TABLE,-ln
tho Board of Education last evening the
report of the Special Committee on the
High Schools was laid on the table, where
it will doubtless be LEFT to repose for the
present.
Year: 1871

BE frank with the world. Frankness
is the child OF honesty and courage
Say just what yon mean 10 do on every
occasion. and take it for granted you
mean to do what is right If friend
asks you a favor. you should grant it if
il is reasonable; and ifit is not, tell him
plainly why You cannot. You wiz
wrong him and wrong yourself by equi-
vocation of any kind. Never do wrong
thing to make friend or to keep one;
the man who requires you to do so is
dearly parchased, and at a sacrifice
Deal kindly and firmly with all men.
and you'll find it the policy which wears
best Above ALL do not appear to others
what you are not. If you have any
fault to find with any one, tell him. not
others, of what you complain. There
is no more dangerous experiment than
that of undertaking to he one thing to
mans face. and another behind his
back. We should live. at aud speak
out of doors, us the phrase is. and lay
and do what we should be willing
should be kn, wn and read by all men
It is not only best as matter of prin>
ciple, bat as matter ofpolicy.