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Year: 1872

The Land Bounty Bill, which has
passed the House and gone to the Sem
ate, differs very widely from the bill
reported by the Military COMMITTEES.
If we have correct understanding Of
it, it does not require residence on the
land before acquiring the title Or right
to assign. Each officer, soldier, sailor,
ormarine, can enter qnarter section on
unoccupied lands, including double
minimum priced lands along the
lines Of land. grants to railroads, and
is then as free as any holder of public
lands to sell if he desires.


We learn this bill will be opposed In
the Senate.


Weare decidedly of the opinion that
no such bill ought 70 passs We do not
object, but favor to the fullest extent
any and every recognition in a pecu-
MARY way or otherwise of the services Of
our soldiers, but we do not believe that
bill of this kind is judicious and
good way to do it. The reason why
we think SO is that in very large
number of cases the land will pass in
to the hands of sharpers and land
spectators to the great injury of the
country and hindrance in the growth
and development of the new states and
territories. 1t will also work an in
jury and do injustice to the hardy pio-
neer who settles upon and improves
his own land while the speculator
who gets hold Of soldiers bounty land
for song will be the gamer by the
hardy toll of the scttlcr. If it il
desired to reward the soldier let the
government give to the soldier who
desires it tho benefit Of the present
homestead law, and to those who do
not desire it, the cash value ola good
entry, and keep the lands, out Of which
to remunerate itself by their sale al
the usual rates. We are unalterably
opposed to opening up another field
| for sharpers to bleed the soldiers.
Year: 1872

LEMON FOR a COUGH.-R Roast the le-
mon very carefully without burning it ;
when it is thoroughly hot, cut and
squeeze into ii cup upon three ounces
of sugar, finely powdered. Take Il
spoonful whenever your cough troubles
you. 1t is good and agreeble to the
taste. Rarely has it been known to fail
of giving relief.
Year: 1872

TAKING CoLD.-If cold settles on the
outer covering of the lungs it becomes a
pneumonia, Inflammation of the lungs, or
lung fever, which in many cases carries
the strongest man to the grave within a
week. If cold falls on the inner cover
ing of the lungs it is pleurisy, with its
knife.like pains, and its slow, very slow
recoveries. If a cold settles in the
joints there is rheumatism with its ago.
nies of pain, and rheumatism of the
heart which in an instant sometimes
snaps the cords of life with no friendly
warning. 1t is of the utmost practical
Importance. then, in the wintry weather
to know not so much how to cure cold
as to avoid it. Colds always come from
one cause, some part of the whole body
being colder than natural for time
If man will keep his feet warm al
ways and never allow himself to be
chilled, he will never take cold in a life
time, and this can only be accomplished
by due care in warm clothing and the
avoidance of drafts and undue exposure.
While multitudes of colds come from
cold feet, perhaps the majority arise
from persons cooling off too quickly af-
ter becoming little warmer than is
natural, from exercise or work or from
confinement to warm apartment


Hoods Household Magazine.
Year: 1872

How TO KEEP A SITUATIoN.-Lay it
down as foundation rule that you will
be faithful in that which is least"
Pick up the loose nails, bits of twine,
clean wrapping paper, and put them in
their places. Be ready to throw in an
odd half hour or hours time, when it
will be an accommodation, and don't
seem to make a merit of it. Do it
heartily. Though not word be said,
be sure your employer will make note
of it. Make yourself indispensable to
him, and he will lose many of the oppo-
site kind before he will part with you.
Those young men who watch the time,
to see the very second their working
hour is up, who leave, no matter what
state the work may be in, at precisely
the instant who calculate the extra
amount they can slight their work and
yet not get reproved who are lavish of
their employers goods, will always be
first to receive notice when times are
dull, and their services are no longer
required. Remember you are not a
slave. Then serve your employer as a
friend in due time he will be friend
to you.
Year: 1872

A GALLANT FRENCHMAN.-A lady of
Worcester, wife of prominent gentle
man, met with an accident on Tuesday,
which, while for time it threatened
serious results, had in it SO much of
comedy as to make it laughable. She
was driving in the west part of Shrews-
bury. where the highway skirts the
shores of a pond. Here, she met
French Canadian driving a load Of wood
to market. Thinking the road too mar
row, he fourished his arms and his whip
to make her turn back, pantomime
which frightened her horse, and she was
backed off into the pond, where her bug
gy was upset, and she thrown into the
water up to her neck. She clambered
upon the wheel, and standing waist
deep in the water, called to him to come
and help her. The Frenchman was
badly scared, and could cnly stand still
and cry out: "My good God, dear lady
you will drown !! My good God,
dear lady you will drown p She re-
piled, "Of course shall drown if you
don't help me 4! Why don't you come
and get me out p and again he cried,
"My good God, dear lady you will
drown p At length he did wade in
and assist her to shore. when she said,
"Now you must help me get the horse
and carriage to the Shore" but he re-
piled, 80 dear, can't stopl don't you
see ] shall be late with my wood to mar
ket, and besides see how l have wet my
shoes and stockings already y He
drove off, leaveng her disconsolate, half
a mile from any house, and with her
team dismantled but she found assist
ance after while, and having righted
her vehicle, she was in trim to 90 home,
not much the worse for her involuntary
bath, but entirely skeptical as to the
efficiency of French Canadians in time
of peril or emergency.-W Worcester Ga
Sette.
Year: 1872

FRIGHTEUL EXECUTIONS IN CHINA
The minds of the people in this region
are engrossed just now with the doings
of Mr.. Pungtailjin, powerful military
official from Pekin. He is here calling
the people to account for years of remiss-
ness in paying taxes for general insub-
ordination. This man has caused, | am
told, already about 5000 to be beheaded
in this department alone! Last Saturday
night, at Tine Inc, s miles from here
where we have mission station-he had
seventy heads taken off by torchlight.
In the same vicinity, short time ago,
he opened the tomb of wealthy man,
took out the remains of his son and de-
capitated the skull of the skeleton and
left it exposed by the roadside. The
whole people are overawed and terror
struck by his course. He appears sud
denly in city or town. Invitations
are sent out to men of influence and
and wealth to meet him at dinner. They
are received in most friendly manner.
and sumptuously entertained. After he
has obtained from them all the assist
ance and information he needs, he court
eously dismisses them. But before they
leave the premises, on their way out,
they are seized by some of his myrmid-
ons, lying in wait, and at once beheaded
without impeachment or trial. Such is
the sort of men this government delight
to honor The course of this man in this
region, and the shin san fan excitement
are the legitimate fruits of that civiliza-
tion which, on the visit of the Burlin-
game Mission to your good city, was so
highly lauded by some of your Boston
philanthrophists.-Letter Of a Mission
arg IN Watchman and Reflector.
Year: 1872

GOING Our OF CHURcH.-An ex-
change says: If instead of the closing
anthem, some of the ministers should,
at the close of service, give the orders:
Attention, worshipers! For hats dive !!
For oveIcoats go Jerk, twist, plunge !!
Make yourselves ridiculous. all p The
effect would hardly be variation from
the present style of going out of church.
The singing of the doxology seems to be
a signal for general putting ON and
adjustment, and when the benediction
is about to be pronounced the ruffled
congregation look more like jumping
out Of the window or uniting IN crush
ing and crowding race for the doors
than listening to the solemn words of
the good pastor.
Year: 1872




WHAT MAKES THE SEA-SHELL SING {?
When shell is held up to the ear
there is peculiar vibratory noise which
children assure each other is the roar
of the sea, however distant they may be
from it. Philosophically investigated
the peculiar sound thus recognized is a
phenomenon that very much perplexed
learned men for long while. The ex-
pertinent is easily made by simply
pressing spiral shell, common in COL
lections, over the cerebra of either ear.
If large she'll the sound is very much
like that of large cataract. Now what
causes it? Every muscle in the body
is always in state of tension. Some
are more on the stretch than others, and
particularly those of tho fingers. 1t is
conceded that the vibration of the f.
bers Of those in the fingers being COM
municated to the. shell-it propagates
and intensifes them, as the hollow body
of violin does the vibrations Of its
strings, and thus the acoustic nerve re.
ceives the sonorous impressions. Mus
.cles of the leg below the knee are said
to yibrate in the same way, and if con-
Quoted to the ear produce the same re-
suit.
Year: 1872

A grim hard-headed old judge, after
hearing fowery discourse from pre-
tentious young barrister, advised him to
pluck out some of the feathers from the
wings of his imagination and put them
into the tail of his judgment.
Year: 1872

You have in your class a lad who
seems to be stupid. He comes regu-
larly to school. He is in time. He is
respectful in his department. But he
is so provokingly dull! There he sits
before you, with his hair over his
forehead, his hands crossed, his eyes
languid, and every now and then he
gapes or yawns. You find it hard to
interest him. Indeed, at times, yon
doubt whether he comprehends the
simplest truths which you utter for
his benefit. You are discouraged,
and think he is only stick. ..s-.


But, my friend, you must be hope
full. 1t was said that Daniel Webster
was just such boy. In the Empire
State there is now living clergy
man, who draws immense crowds by
his eloquence, but who in college was
at the foot of his class. The lad be-
fore you may be gathering up strength
for the future. Perhaps that dreamy,
listless look indicates thoughtfulness
instead of stupidity. At any rate, he
is not a fool. He has some mind.
And you, as an educator, must draw
out his powers Never give up.
There is some sap in the stick, and if
you plant it, and cultivate it, the
stick will grow into a tree. If that
youth never becomes n Bacon or
Chalmers, he has at least one talent
which he may use for the glory of
God.
Year: 1872

"a boy borrowed o hatchet from a
neighbOr, promising to return it at
night. Before evening he was sent
away on an errand, and did not re-
turn until late. Before he went, he
was told that his brother. should see
the article. returned. After he bad
come home and gone to bed, he in
quired and found the tool had not
been sent to its owner. He was much
distressed to think his promise had
not been kept, but was persuaded to
go to sleep and rise early and carry
it home the next morning. =. -s7s


"By daylight he was up, and no.
where was the hatchet to be found.
After long and fruitless search, he
set off for his neighbours in great dis
tress, to acknowledge his fault. But
how great was his surprise to find
the tool on his neighbor's door-stone!
And then it appeared by the prints of
his little bare feet in the mud, that
the lad had got up in his sleep and
carried the hatchet home, and had
gone to bed again without Knowing
anything what had happened"


That was a boy to be trusted. We
wish there were more like him in the
world. Be careful how you promise,
but what you promise, xdO! There
are peoples whose proniisesare easily
made, but when you come to look
for performances Of these promises
they are so few and small that you
need a miscroseope of more than
ordinary power. Don't be like them.
Year: 1872

A correspondent writes: Some two
years ago, while going down Broad
way, in New York, blood commenced
running from my nose quite freely.
stepped aside and applied my hand
kerchief, intending to repair to the
nearest hotel, when gentleman ac-
costed me, saying: "Just put piece
of paper in your mouth, chew it
rapidly, and it will stop your nose
from bleedhg. Thanking him rather
doubtfully, / did as he suggested, and
the flow of blood ceased Immediately.
1 have seen the remedy tried since
quite frequently, and always with
success. Doubtless any substance
would answer the same purpose as
paper, the s.oppage of the flow of
blood being caused, no doubt, by the
rapid motion of the jaws and the
counteraction of the muscles and ar
teries connecting the jaws and the
nose. Physicians say that placing n
small roll of paper or muslin above
the front teeth, under the upper lip,
and pressing hard ON the same, will
arrest bleeding from the nose-check-
ing the passage of blood through the
arteries to the nose. .eT~ IVA
Year: 1872

PAPER CoMFoRTABLEs.- mode
of making comfortables warmer by
lining them with newspapers, is good,
as long as they last, which cannot be
long, especially after washing a few
times. have tried a simpler way of
attaining the same object on cold
nights, when I have NOT had sufficient
bedding over me, especially at hotels,
where We can not always get just what
we want. Throw off one or two of the
top covers from the bed, then pull
from the pocket, or satchel. two or
three large newspaf,ers- -one very large
one viii do-spread, them on the bed,
replace the cover, and you will have
a warm and comfortable night, without
any perceptible increase in the weight
of the bedding. Again, when you
have hard, cold ride in cutter, of
ten OF twenty miles, against the wind,
spread newspaper over your chest
before you button up your overcoat,
and you will not become chilled
through. Nothing can be cheaper,
and, as far as it goes, nothing more ef-
ficient.-Cor. Country Ge'atlenaer.
Year: 1872

MOTHER sHIProN's PROPaECY.
Carriages without horses shall go,
And accidents fill the world with woe.
Around the world thoughts shall tiy
In the twinkling of an eye.
Water shall yet more wonders do;
Now strange, yet shall be true.
The world upside down shall be,
And gold be found at root of tree.
Through hills man shall ride,
And no horse OF ass be at his side.
Under water men shall walk;
Shall ride, shall sleep, shall talk.
In the air men shall he seen,
In white, in black, In green.
Ironin the water shall float
As easy as wooden boat.
Gold shall be found. and found
In q land that's not now known.
Fire and water shall wonders do;
England shall at Last admit q Jew.
The world TO an end shall come
In eighteen hundred and eighty-one.
Year: 1872

The senate committe on public
lands have agreed to a bill incorporate


ing the Salt Lake and Colombo Rail-
road company, and giving it the
right of way through the public lands.
The road commences at Salt Lake,
running to Callville, the head of
navigation of the Colorado river. The
intention in building the road is to
give an outlet to the valuable mines
located in that section of the eountrys
and. it is understood that English ,
capitalists will furnish the means for
Its completion. s.c.. "
Year: 1872

The evils of the world are not to be
overcome by thinking at them out of
the window of a comfortable and cost
~ mansion, nor by sighing over them
as You feel the feverish throb of the
worlds pulse in your mornings paper,
but by pouring broadside of justice
into every stronghold of oppression,
and laying the healing hand Of charity
upon every wronged and wounded
heart. The velvet-footed sentimen-
talist, who sheds tears over the reports
of crime and wretchedness as he sips
his coffee from gilded china, and then
orders three tickets at the opera, and
drives bargain like plowshare
through widows home, is the devils
own.
Year: 1872

POSTAL CARDS-The House has pass
ed a bill authorizing the Postmaster Gen
eral to issue postal cards at one cent each,
including the stamp. They are to be of
good paper, 81 by 81 inches The bill as
reported from the Committee, directed
the employment Of cards like those in use
in England bot the House adopted an
amendment, requiring that the side used
for writing should be furnished With an
adhesive flap, so that the message will be
as safe from observation as if sent in the
ordinary yav.
Year: 1872

IT is pleasing fact that both in this
country and some parts of Europe the
Catholics are taking the front rank in the
work of temperance reformation The
power of the Catholic church is very great,
and if her priests are united as we have
no doubt they are, in favor of making
drunkenness crime which ought to be
punished by penalties of the civil law,
this sentiment will speedily prevail al
over the country, and great reform viii
be the result 1t is undoubtedly the duty
of society to brand with severe condem
nation this beastly vice.
Year: 1872

VOLUME 10 commences with this issue.
IF our labors have been heretofore of any
benefit to the community materially, and
to the country politically. we shall be
fully repaid Encouraged by the liberal
support Of our friends, wc shall continue
our best efforts for the promotion Of our
common interests
Year: 1872

Whitening Fannel-Immerse the fan
mel for an hour in dilute solution of acid
sulphate of soda, and then stir in a dilute of
hydrochloric acid in proportion of one
part of acid to fifty of water. The vessel
is then covered over and allowed to remain
for a quarter of an hour, when the articles
are to be removed and thoroughly washed.


To Tarn,sh Drariags, Paintings in
Water Colors, or any kind Of Paper or
Card Work.-Take some clean parchment
cuttings, boil them in water in clean s.az-
ed pipkin till they produce a very clear
size, strain it and keep for use. Give your
work two coats of the above size, passing
quickly over the work, not to disturb the
colors ; when dry proceed as before direct
ed with your varnish.


CockroacAes-A small quantity of car
bolic acid in paste for laying paper hang
ing>, and whitewash will repel cockroaches
and all other insects. 1t will also neutral
ize the disagreeable odor consequent upon
decomposition of the paste, which in newly
prepared walls is som metimes very oprres-
sive. The cheapest and best form of car
bolie acid is crystal, which dissolves in wa
ter at an excess of temperature.


Facts about Colors-A spoonful of OK
gall to gallon of water Will set the col
ors of almost any goods soaked in it previ-
Gus to washing. A tea-cup of lye in
pail Of water will improve the color of
black goods. Nankin should lie in I've be.
fore being washed it sets the color.
A strong tea of common hay will preserve
the color of French linens. Vinegar in
rinsing water for pink or green oalicoes
will brighten them. Soda answers the
same end for both purple and blue.
Year: 1872

Ir is the grandeur Of all truth which can
occupy very high place in human inter-
csts, that it is never absolutely novel to the
meanest Of minds: it exists externally by
way of germ or latent principle in the low
est as well as the highest, needing to be
developed, but never to be planted.-De
Quiacey.
Year: 1872


! It is evident to all who are STUDYING
/ the political features of this campaign
I that the tide of pure Republicans is
flowing swiftly down to the sea of sue
cess, while the Democratic waters are
gradually but surely ebbing away and
drying up. We believe that November
will see the last not only of Democracy,
but of Liberal Republicans, or at least
as applied to the class of politicians now
bearing that name. The suicides of
Cincinnati and Baltimore will prove
successful, ending in ignominiOus politi-
cal death.


Where are the original leaders of the
movement calculated to divide the Re
/ publican party? Charles Sumner, who
gave TO il all the foundation of sincerity
and moral worth it ever possessed, in
disgust and despair at the result of dis
affection, has fled precipitately to Eu-
rope, TO escape the near view of the de
feat OF the party he championed.


And what of the godfather of the
Liberal party-the brilliant, enthusias-
tic revOlutiOnist-Carl SchurZ? a more
discouraged and disheartened man does
not tread this continent. The move
ment which was to have placed him on
a pedestal of fame and covered him from
head to foot with glory, has instead,
branded him n political Ishmael, sepa-
rated him from his fellows, and debarred
him forever from entering in upon the
respect and prominence his brilliancy
had well nigh won.


We hardly need turn to find Trum-
bull, Upton, Fenton, and the few others
in the same ranks. They are dead and
buried, and their ludicrous and over
weening ambition will be their only
monument. On this Thomas Mast shall
chisel, in his inimitable style, the story
of their early promise and their un-
timely end.


The newspapers which Joined so en-
Enthusiastically in the cry of "Anything
to beat Grant," have paled and faded
since the repeated successes of the Re
publican party have proved to them
how difficult it is to find "anything to
beat Grant.n Everywhere Greeley
stock is at a discount, and the star OF
the Republican party is in the ascend
ent.


Now is the time when woman's voice
may turn the scale decidedly and unal-
terably in favor of the Republican can.
didates. Perhaps her endeavors might
be little better than useless if she were
struggling against the party of success
but it needs but little to insure the de
/ feat of the mongrel party who are al
ready on the high road to ruin and OBJ
/ liviOn.


The Pennsylvania election will tel
strongly in one direction or the other
and there must wOman's best present
/ eXertions be centred. This work is al.


ready begun by the speech of Mrs
l LivermOre in the Republican "wigwam''
at Philadelphia a few evenings ago
This will doubtless be followed by ad-
dresses from other ladies, who have
studied well the issues of to-day, anC
whose eloquence is as restless, and
whose logic is as unanswerable, as that
of our best speakers of the stronger sex.
Never has woman had so fair n chance
and so much encouragement to prove
her power and fitness for the privilege
of citizenship, as in this campaign.
Let her see TO it that the opportunity is
not thrown away WOmdlt's Cam
l1dign.