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Year: 1870

Wood Engraving and Draugh. s,nen in


Americn.


No particular branch has been more efficient
handmade to the great cause Of modern Art than
wood engraving. Often scorned ana rarely appre-
ciated she has gone in her silent mission faith
fully and perseveringly. Something or its real
worth and dignity has been lost sight Of In her me-
nial character. 1t mas come SO much In contact
with the less cultured and rendered Art often In It's
lower phases that something Of contempt II not OF
Teproacn cngs to its garments 1t is greatly
to be regretted that 1t is SO. There Is. however,
some reason for 1t, and 1t must be admitted as
fact. While 1t also must be admitted that
in spirit and character at least, ii not in
originality We have several draughtsmen
who VIII compare favorably with the best
abroad, it Is undeniable that these names shine
only the brighter for surrounding darkness It is
painful to contemplate. We pass by, as compara
lively harmless, the servile imitators Of foreign
talent, who, in the privacy Of the studios, bedeck
themselves with borrowed planes and strut about
In the audacity OF their Ignorant concc Their silly
plferings are only as innocent as they are trans
parent and ludcrous. We need not speak OF the
rubbish which dsiigures SO many OF our books ana
papers, mere kaleidoscope OF legs arms and dra-
perry, which eternaly reappear In varying cOmbina-
tlons and even TO the putting together OF which the
sterile Imagination or the drawer Is unequal. Nor
need we speak OF those miserable charlatans whose
figures are the grossest carcatures, whose feeling
is vulgarity or sensuallty, and whose wit, aimless
ana pointiess, is simply coarse brutality or ignorant
boorishness.


All these we can pass by with simple smile or
sigh or sDeer. There are others. however, even
lower than these--work and workers-who not
only Offend bad taste but sap at the very fonnda-
tion Of art and esthetcs who steal the guise OF Art
and use her for her own degradation. ana whose
dishonesty itself is lost In the abyss Of their moral
and artistic debasement. We have periodicals
whose number is exceled only by their utter worth
lessness, and which encourage and minister to the
lowest moral and artistic taste. We have draughts-
men and designers who seem to be inspired by any
and everything rather than art, and whose MISE
rabie sketches combine the ignorance OF the savage
with the vice and corruption Of the debauchee TO
do more than 10 protest against their mere existence
would be 10 lend them greater importance than
sphere. THIS. however, we do III the name OF
decency and art There is to this noble department.
another side. to which we turn with pleasure and
gratitude. IL Is the real position and mission OF
wood engraving.


From the standpoint OF simple taste the useful
always seems TO hold somewhat lower place than
the beautiful In the region OF art would place
sign painting and label printing on level with what
are called commonly WORKS OF art. That they some
times trench on each others ground few Will deny.
but even these humber prancRes v we MAY 10 d;-
Year: 1870

In 1s5s Grant carried Massachusetts, BY over
7,0oo majority. The present delegation is entirely
republican. There is a schism among the republic
cans IN the First district but 1t WIN probably not
materially aiecI the result.
Year: 1870

/. Apply ice-cold water to the
top of the head, and if the burn
ing is felt at the base OF the skull
apply cold water there, taking
care not to wet the back.


2. Give to drink (hot. if posi-
ble), cayenne pepper and ginger
stirred into water, and as strong
as the patient can take it. Fluid
"essence ofJamaica ginger is eX-
cellent for this purpose and as q
preventive.


3. Quickly wrap the body in a
blanket or other warm covering,
for life depends upon restoring tue
natural circulation and restoring
free perspiration.


A. Don't allow the suns rays to
touch the patients head for at
least "a hours.


If at hand, q warm bath would
add materially, and carbonate Of
ammonia taken internally in prop
er quantity is a safe and valuable
stimulant.


Another authority says Place
the patient Immediately in q shady
place, with the, head we'll elevated ;
loosen everything about the neck
and waist; keep the whole head
wet with ice cold water (if some
common spirits are added to it all
the the better); apply mustard
poultice to pit of the stomach, and
legs and feet; keep them warm
also, to the wrists. Give him the
benefit of air, keeping the crowd
away; tablespoonful doses oi
brandy and water, about an ounce
in fifteen minutes. Keep the pa
tent quiet until a physician ar.
rives.
Year: 1870

there are more great coats to suggest a
doubt that all is net SO safe. The ladies,
however, are clearly on the side Of sum
mer. Every kind Of light-colored, cool
looking dress may be seen upon shady
walks Of the garden, from the old palace
of Czar Peter, halfhidden among the
trees, to the bridge at the door of the ex-
hibition. 1t is short walk, but it mea-


sures vast distance in one sense.
Year: 1870


HeW Q Registrar Barked mp the


Wrong stump.


Editors Of the Register: -F.


At Mannington, on Monday, gentle
man late Of Preston county applied for
registration. The Registrar did not
krow him, and, we suppose, took it for
granted that he was a Democrat. The
young gentleman WAS, in fact, an hon
orably discharged soldier. and Repub-
lican. The Registrar subjected him to
an insolent course Of questioning, and
concluded by requiring him to swear to
all that he had stated in regard TO his
discharge, which he was unable to pro-
duce, it being in Preston county. The
young man succeeded in getting his
name upon the list but was so incensed
at the Registrar that he Immediately
declared his purpose to vote against the
party which permitted the citizen to
vote only on condition of his submission
to such insolence and insult He is now
q Democrat.


DEMOS
Year: 1870

Our gallant Congressional standard
bearer, Major Frank Hereford, is win
ming laurels Wherever he goes. His
plain, truthful manner Of exposing the
frauds practiced upon the people by the
Radical party, has telling effect In
many counties even the bitter-enders
say they will support him in preference
TO Witcher Never have onr camp fires
burned as bright as now.-.Aasoa County
Journal
Year: 1870

The Terre Haute Gazette condenses
the controversy between Protection
and Free Trade, so tar rs the farmers
OF the West are affected by 1t, into the
following pregnant paragraphs We
commend tins brief argument TO the
serious consideration ot every agrlcul.
turist who is tempted to consider the
policy of protection as at all inimlcal
to his interest:


We are inclined to think that the
West, in an issue between the advo-
Gates of free trade and OF protection,
will vote stronger for protection than
the East Notwithstanding the many
and various channels by which our
produce can now reach the markets
of the world, our farmers will be loath
to pursue policy which will close our
manufactures, ruin our home market
and leave their produce to the mercy
of the fluc!uating and uncertain for
ciyn demand. They recognize the
fact too, that men will not starve While
work can be found and that the la
borers in the manufactures OF the
country, thrown out OF employment
By the success of free trade, would bc
forced to enterinto competition in the
cultivation OF the soil-thus chcapen-
ing agricultural products. ltmight be
very fine to buy domestics and other
manufactured goods at a large per
cent. below present figures; but the
enjoy mcnu OF these cheap goods would
be much lessened with the farmer when
he found that it took twice as many
bushels OF grain to pay his store bill as
now. To send bushel OF grain to
Manchester to pay tor dry goods. is
not profitable kind of barter when
the exchange can as well be made in
this country--in fact i'll our own com
munity.


The United States has all the natu-
raj products to be used in manutactur-
g-cotton, wool, iron, coal. 1t has
cheap breadstutfs The farmers of the
West will not consent that we go
backward and become producers only
of the raw material They know that
| farming is now overdone to al extent.
They know it is the demand from the
workshops and factories OF the coun-
try that make. prices remuncrative.-
They will not become parties to the
rum OF the manufacturing interests of
the nation in which they are so deeply
interested They know that people is
happlcst and most prosperous which
is nearest selt-supporting. They re-
member how great and almost invul-
nerable, the South became when
thrown, invaluntarily, upon its own
resources. They know that the policy
which will attract most OF the mechan
les, artisans, and operatives of Europe
To our shores, is the best for the agri
cultural population, because it will in
crease the number of consumers and
make the best market in the world-a
home market.
Year: 1870

Much time is often consumed each
day in calling the roll The practice
has long eAis,ed OF calling each schol.
ars name once or twice each day, and
the answer present or here is ex-
pected OF all in TIE room.


Some practice what is known as the
monitor system. The teacher desig-
mates certain ones as monitors whose
duty is 10 inform il any are absent
from any given number Of seats.


Another method is to call the roll
but once a week. and require each
scholar to answer how many DAYS, if
any, lie has been absent during the
week.


Still another method is to assign
each scholar number. At given
signal, scholar number one, will call
"ene'-the next two" each calling
his own number until the last. II one
is absent, the teacher will call that
number in order and note the absence.
Thus in a room of sixty scholars, the
roll can be called almost as quickly as
the number sixty can be counted. Ii
any scholar should call the number OF
the absen, one, the ear of the teacher
would easily detect it Iowa School
Journal.
Year: 1870

Dr. Champlin, one of the predcces-
sors OF DR.. Lyman Beccher, a. hitch
field, fell into religious monomania,
the burden whereof was that he had
sinned against the Holy Spirit, and in
consequence was certain OF eternal
damnation. But the good old man
expressed his entire acquiescencc IN the
divine will, aud began to prepare him
self Tor his internal residence. 1t did
not seem to him the tittcst possible
place in which to find an employment,
suitable for glorityins his Maker; but
one day 4 happy thought struck him
He resolved to open a prayer meeting just
as soon as he got there.
Year: 1870

The most beautiful may be the most ad
mired and caressed. bat they are not always
the most esteemed and loved. And thus, in
art and in life. we learn that great lesson Of
practical wisdom. while we look upward to
the stars. not to trample on the flowers that
lie at our feet.
Year: 1870

Perhaps no one medi-
cine is so universally re-
quired by everybody as
a cathartic, nor was ever
any before so universal
" adopted into use, in
every country and among
all classes, as this mild
but efficient purgative
PHI. The obvious rea-
son is, that it is 4 more re-
liable and far more etfec.
tual remedy than any
Year: 1870

The trip was al ovation from first to last
along the river. Thousands hocked from
many miles IN the interior to see the racers
pass, and bonfres, cannon. anvils, and
everything that could shoot we're brought
into use to give vent to feelings on the
occasion.


The crowd on the levse on the arrival Of
the boat was immense. The bank of the
river was lined from Ca-ondalet to above
the city, a distance of six miles, and win
dows and house tops along the city front
were filled with enthusiastic spectators. No
similar event ever caused such an excite
ment, or brought out such crowd. A mil.
lion dollars probably changed hands on the
result of this race.
Year: 1870

The advocates Of Canadian independence
have lust established at Montreal q newspa-
per called the Independent, which ID to be
the organ of the separatis.s. The establish
ment of this paper is an evidence that the
party which favors independence is by no
means small or insignificant. The Indepe"d-
e,.t is bold and ousspoken in opposition to
English rule, and where one msn can be
found who will openly advocate independ
ence we may be sure that there are score
who secretly affirm of the doctrine which
they hesitate to avow
Year: 1870

READY FoR WoRK.-Engineers OF the
Rockford Railroad arrived here yesterday
to lay their plans for surveying a line for the
they will start out tomorrow. They will
survey three proposed routes for the road to
leave the oity-one by way of Mad creek,
another by way of Pappoose and third
under the bluff and along the slough.
Verify our railroad affairs are assuming a
more busness-like aspect every dsy.-Mus
cqtiHe Journal.
Year: 1870

TAX CoLLECToR. We called attention in
a previous number Of our paper to the fact
that there are no Tax Collectors provided for
in the counties Of Butte, Contra Costa, E.
Dorado, Los Angeles, Msndocino, New da,
Placer and Yuba. Some parties have sug-
ges ed that the old Collectors can hold over.
but ,his would be 30 fsr ierthtd, tricky.
ridiculous ard outrageous as to meet with n
solemn no from the whole pu' lie. Even If
this outrage could be perpstrs,ed on The
people, we would have no Tax Collectors in
this county on the first Monday Of March
next. No person can hold two offices of
honor, trust or profit at the same time. The
Collector of District No. |, holds an
Office of honor. trust and profit; Collector
of District No. 2, is member of the L.gis
laturs, ard his office Of Collector has been
vacant since he was sworn 10 and the Col
lsctor Of District No. 3, will become Sheriff.
on the first Monday of March, so that in
fact, under any circumstances, We will have
no Tax Collector on the first Monday OF
March next. We do not suppose that any
one seriously thinks Of trying to usurp an
office to which he has not been slectsd or
even a candidate for, and so We dsms. this
hinted at outrage, which would raise storm
OF Indignation which would not be healthy
to our county finances.


The Sheriff is the only officer 10 the coun.
ty that will be beggared by the new fee and
salary bills Of last session. and though all
three Of the Collectors claim to have lost
money, or a. least made nothing, vet in
con neo,on with his other duties he could
probably perform the duties Of ex-ofhcio
Tax Collector moro efficiently and with less
expense than any other officer. In view of
these facts we think the Legislature should
al once provide for making the Sheriff Of
this county ex officio Tax-Colleclor, so that
be may be prepared to accompany the As
sessor when be starts out in March, without
which We must loose a large amount of per
sonal property and poll taxss. We look at
and speak Of this matter purely in the light
Of Justice. and what would bs best for The
people of the whos county.
Year: 1870

Money on call is offered in large quanti-
ties at per cent on bonds collateral and
at per cent on State bonds and railroad stocks G
edged paper discounted at OF the banks at per
cent with very little Offering Good paperis increasing
and this Is taken at the banks at per cent per ann
The plethora of National currency at this time In our
city banks is usual at this OF the year, while at
other seasons they have not q sufficient supply for the
demand Some OF oldest bankers are OF the opinion
that the establishment agency here for the redemp


ton Of this currency would cost the banks more than tho
loss they now sustain by an oyer-suppy.
Year: 1870

in to build up the soul and strength of
the generations that were to come af-
ter them. Nobody is to blame for be-
ing born weak. If the generation of
women is feeble compared with It's
hardy and laborious grandmothers, it
is simply because the grandmothers
put SO much OF their vitality, their
physical nerve and moral fore, into
their work that they had but an insult
ficient quan w left wherewithal to en-
dow their children; and so they
wrought us evil.


One would not willingly quarrel
with his grandmothers. All agree in
awarding them praise for hero.c quail
ties. They fought good fight-per-
haps the best they could under the
circumstances with their light. We
would gladly overlook all in their lives
that was defective, and fasten our eyes
only on that which was noble. But
when their fault is distinctly pointed
out as their virtue, when Their necess1-
:y is exalted INTO our ensample, when
their narrowness is held up to our am
bition, we must say that it was fault
and need and narrowness, grandmoth-
er or no grandmother. Indeed those
excellent gentlew omen, no doubt, long
before this have seen the error of their
ways, and, if they could find voice,
would be the first to avow that they
did set too great store by chests of
sheets, and bureaus of blankets, and
pillow cases of stockings, and stacks OF
provisions; and that if it were given
them to live life over again, they
would endeayor rather to lay up treas
ure in the bodies and brams and hearts
of their children, where moth and mil
dew do not corrupt, which time does
not disslpate nor use destroy, and
whereof we stand in sorsr need than
of purple or scarlet or fine-twined linen.
Year: 1870

The citizens of Waltha m are about to build
a new school house. We predict it will be 4
good one, for they aim to 10 nothing by halves
there. Give it energy, gentleman, it is a
good cause; and we Will see if we cannot pre-
vail upon the County Agricultural Society to
offer premium or two upon first and second
best school houses in the county. All who
intend building school houses, during the
Summer, please take notice
Year: 1870

satisfaction and benefit to the people.


But We need not dwell upon this point.
The plan itself is the main thing; and


how far itpromisesto prove efficient, and
at the same time TO avoid the manifest
defects, abuses, and evils, which have


brought the caucus system into gen
eral disrepute, is left to the candid
consideration of the American public,
who will never let this subject rest till
some adequate reform is wrought out.
Year: 1870

SHADE IREEs.-Duriug the Winter we have
had several opportunities for speaking to the
citizens o. the county about the improvement t
ofschool> grounds. But now as the Spring ap-
proaches, We wanl to ask, yes, urge, all dis
triets having fixed school house site, to be-
gin at once and set out trees to break the
winds of Winter and render shade in Sum
mer. Why need any school houses in Tama
county be longer left a monument of careless
ness and bad taste? The present season
ought to see trees planted about more than a
hundred school houses in our county We
shall not fail to look for it, and expect it.
Year: 1870

J


WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7-6P ~.


IN ff HESITATION AND DOUBT. f


The modern scepuclsm Of Wall street Is feature
Of financial transactions movement nowa-
days requires tangible. solid reasons before 1t re-
ceves assent and support from the street. In olden
times The cliques and clique leaders did the think
lng. But now the public think Tor themselves, form
lng their opinions upon such facts and suggestions
sas are given them by an enlightened, unbiased and
Impartial press. The course OF the markets to-day
illustrated our observation quite strikingy Just as
tho situation IN Europe is one whose future II Is i'm
possible to divine, the street fell into the mood OF
thinking the markets here an equally diflcult
prOblcm TO solve ana began to leave things severely
alone, much TO the disgust OF the brokers who lad
hoped that the growing brskness OF business the
past week or two would develop into activity ana
exctement Doubt and hesitation In Wall street are
fhe sure forerunness of dulless. Unless the drama
an France replaces the resent with some clearer
scene the play In Wall street Will not be worth the
candle The gold market ls OF course, the advance
guard the outpost which signals to the rest OF the


markets the political and financial situation abroad.
Hence 1t was that at the opening this
Amorntng under the reiteration OF the re.
port that the President OF the provisional
E0unoii OF the republic OF France had gone pro.
bose terms of peace to the King OF Prussia gold
s0ld at ia especially as the Treasury also to sell
u million Of treasure at noon. As the morning pro.
Eressed. however. and the arrangements Of the
brokers for making their cearances developed
scarcity OF cash gold for the OF which borrowers
paid good consideration, the spectators for q de-
tclne were mtimidated into covering and as at the
same time 1t was reported that the Prussians were
repused In an attack on Montmedy-''flrst blood"
<and victory for the republic-thc price ran
rp to 1l4x. Here, however. 1t encountered the
Influence Of bogus telegram from Washing
kon that the Secretary of the Treasury
would sell two millions OF gold, and 1t 1ell again to
pax, from which point it afterwards reacted to
nl4h. but was steady the remainder of the day III
the vicinity Of 11414 but closing weak at this last
mentioned figure owing to the advance Of our bonds
An London to so S01s. which, at the late hour 1t
was received, when there was no opportunity for
further information was regarded as an indication
that In England the chances Of peace are much bet
ter tonight than since the surrender OF Napoleon.
While the market was fever;sh as thus recorded the
real business below the average OF the past few
days and the Cold Room at the close very dull.
sThe course Of prices is shown in the tablet
Year: 1870

IMPORTANT LECTURES TO GENTLEMEN ONLY, ON


interesting Invaluable and scientific subjects, showing
how TO live and what 10 live for delivered daily al the
New York Museum OF Anatomy Those unable attend
receive copy by forwarding cents TO the Secretary, 63
Broadway.
Year: 1870

Paris In Her Isolation-Cut on from the Outside
WOrld-Left to "Hcrself Alonen-street
Scenes in the Criss-Workins and Drilling
Soiled and Dull, but ResoIute and Devoted.


PARIS, Sept 16, 1870


feeling Of profound quiet, peace may term 1t,
came over The city to-day; peace occasioned by
the general realization by the Inhabitants of
sense Of their complete isolation from France out
side For the first time In the history Of the Siege
the Parisians experienced and acknowledged the
fact that they were cut OF almost entirely
from the busy world which moves beyond their
forticatons and that they have been thus rendered
completely and utterly dependent upon their own
exertions and grand efforts for the future. They
knew and said that their fate was now In
their own hands. felt that If the present mail
will be almost the last, or very nearly the last
which will be permitted to leave the capital.


IN THE STREETS
The only symptoms Of city hustle inside Just now
are those which ore presented by the movement Of
artillery from one place to another; almost the only
noise which one hears is that sent for tn by the
measured tread Of infantry marching, counter.
marching and in double quick" to the most
effective points of defence.


The last vestige Of good, dear Old Pars-Paris full
Of gayety life and brliancy and Joy or dissipation
has vanished. Henceforth Paris must apply Itself
to earnest work. Deprivation of almost every social
comfort personal terror, sudden death, must from
this hour forth be the momentariy exp erienced or
expected lot Of all who remain inside the walls.


RESOLUTION FOR DEFENCE.


The people Of Paris continue terribly calm. They
exhibit no outward evidence of fear, make no bra.
vado employ no flourish for effect Where their spirit
OF intense patriotism Is uncomfortable and mani
tested at all audibly the exhibition assumes the
character either of herceness or OF desperation.


Last night passed through the printing ONCE OF
the Electeur Liore. the semi Official newspaper
organ Of the new government of France The com.
positors were waiting for "copy." They stood
ranged In nne however, and were busIly engaged
In practising the manualat-arm exercise as they
remained expecting the manuscript. They wished
to become perfect In the use Of the musket In one
department quite number OF the men were found
deeply absorbed in the work OF their trade.


ORDERLY, BUT SUFFERING.


Ipassed subsequently through large portion OF
the city. There was not single policeman visible,
yet my appreciation OF public order tranquility and
social secnnty was never more perfect even In the