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Year: 1872

LOCAL PAPERs.-The New York Times
says you might nearly as well forget your
churches, your academies and school houses,
as to forget your local paper. 1t speaks to
ten times the audience that your local minis
ter does; and, if it has any ability at all, it
is read eagerly each week from beginning to
end. 1t reaches you all; and if it has a
lower spirit and less wisdom than sermon,
it has thousand times better chance at you.
Lying as it does, open on every table, in
almost every house, you owe it to yourselves
to rally to its support. and exact from it as
able, high-toned character as you do from
any educator in your midst. 1t is in no
sense beneath notice and care-unless your
selves are beneath notice and care-for it is
your representative. Indeed, in its character
it is the summation of the Importance, in
terest and welfare of you all. 1t is the ag-
gregate of your consequence, and you can
not ignore it without miserabiy depreciating
yourselves,
Year: 1872

ANCIENT REMAINS IN ARIzONA.-ln travel
ing through the mountainous parts of this
country the careful observer sees many traces
of former occupancy by race which paid
much attention to agriculture and to mining.


Along the sides of valleys now dry can be
traced for miles the remains of acequais, OIL
bitches, used to convey water to the fields.
Some foundations of dwellings are near by,
and pieces of broken crockery are often found.
Neither Indian nor Mexican has any tradi-
ton of the people who constructed these
works.


Deserted shafts of great depth are not
rare, on the edges of which stand trees of
many years growth, in such positions that
those who sunk the shafts would not have
left them standing if they valued their lives
for aught.


1t is mystery where the sources of water
have gone which once must have existed IN
this strange country The remains of con-
siderable towns are found many miles from
any known supply of water, and the suppo-
siton is, that the sources on which those
people depended have actually dried up,
owing to some unrecorded climatic changes.


Among the Pueblo Indians is a tradition
that, previous to the coming of the Span
iards, these mines were worked; but, be-
coming alarmed at the rapacity of the cou-
querors, the priests gathered a select body
of devotees and destroyed all trace of the
richest mines, by filling them up with dirt,
scattering to distant part any debris that
might remain, and finally planting above the
spot, and numbering the last man not of
their own order who had assisted in the
work.


These Indians have been forced to retire
by the wilder and stronger tribes, and the
secret is perhaps dead, though it is claimed
to be in the possession of the priests of the
Puebos, who in their turn claim to be line
ally descended from the Aztec hierarchy.
Year: 1872

Lead thy mother gently


Down life's steep decline;
Once her arm was thy support,
Now she leans on thine.
See upon her loving face


Those deep lines of care;
Think--it was her toll for thee
Left that record there.
Ne'er forget her tireless watch,
Kept by day and night,
Taking from her step the grace,
From her eye the light.
Cherish well her faithful heart,
Which through weary years
Echoed with its sympathy


All thy smiles and tears.
Thank God for thy mothers love,
Guard the priceless boon,
For the bitter parting hour


Cometh all too soon.
When thy grateful tenderness
Loses power to save,
Earth will hold no dearer spot
Than thy mothers grave.
Year: 1872

THAT AFFAIR IN OREGoN.-Ihe reason
why mob tore out the office of the Gazette,
published at Wallapus Flat, Oregon, and
tarred and feathered the editor and caused
pain and anguish to wiring bis brow, was
this There was a fashionable wedding in
the town, at which the editor was present.
After the ceremony the editor went to the
office to write an account of the brilliant af-
fair. Among other things he said that the
"bride was accompanied to the altar by eight
bridesmaids But the printer got the thing
wrong somehow, and the next morning the
paper announced that tie "bride was accom-
panied to the altar by tight bridesmaids.
This was bad enough, but the editor had
prepared for the same issue an obituary no.
tice of an estimable lady, in which he said
that ''the husband was hardly able to bear
the demise of his wife, but would you be-
leve it ?~-the printer actually set it up that
"the husband is hardly able 70 wear the
chemise of his wife" So the people Of
Wallapus "went for that journalist, and he


is now fugitive, an outcast and a beggar.
Year: 1872

CONFESSIONS OF A MEDDLING HUSBAND 1t
was about the buckwheat cakes. | told
Maria Ann any fool could beat her making
those cakes. and she said had better try it..
So did. emptied the batter all out OF
the pitcher one evening and set the cakes
myself. got the -four, and the salt and
water, and, warned by the past, put in a
liberal quantity of eggs and shortening. l
shortened with tallow from roast beef, be-
cause could not find any lard. The batter
did not look right lighted my pipe and
pondered. east-yeast, to be sure, had
forgotten the yeast | went and woke the
baker and got six cents worth of yeast. |
set the pitcher behind the sitting-room stove
and prepared to enjoy my triumph-but
didn't. The yeast was strong enough to
raise the dead the batter was running all
over the carpet scraped it up and put it
into another dish. Then got fire in the
kitchen and put on the griddle. The first
lot of cakes stuck to the griddle. The second
dittoed, only more. Maria came down and
asked what was burning She advised me
TO grease the gridde. did it. One end of
the griddle sot too hot, and l dropped the
thing on my tenderest corn, while trying to
turn around. Finally the cakes were ready
for breakfast, and Maria got the other things
ready. We sat down. My cakes did not
have exactly the right flavor took one
mouthful and it satisfied me. / lost my
appetite at once. Maria would not let me
put one on her plate. think those cakes
may be reckoned dead loss. The cat
would not eat them. The dog went off and
stayed three days after one was offered him.
The hens won't 60 within ten feet OF them.
threw them into the back yard, and there
has not been pig on the premises since. l
eat what is put before me now, and do not
allude to my mothers system of cooking.
Year: 1872

The best time for painting the


exterior of buildings is late in au.
tumn or during the winter. Paint
then applied will endure twice as
long as when applied in early sum.
mer or in hot weather. In the
former it dries slowly and becomes
hard, like a glazed surface, not
easily effaced afterwards by the
weather: or worn off by the beating
of storms. But in very hot weather
the oil in the paint soaks into the
wood at once, as into q sponge,
leaving the lead nearly dry apd
nearly ready to crumble off. This
last t T.! difficulty. palty.- however, might. in q
measure ''s be guarded against, though
at an increased expense, by FIRST
going over the surface with. raw oil
By painting in cold weather, one
annoyance might certainly be escap-
ed, namely, the collection of small
flies on the: fresh paint -1schnol-
ogiA. ........... ..
Year: 1872

every human being vitiates at the
least estimate, four cubic feet Of air
every minute? Linger when the
congre cation leaves. and see if he
shuts every door and window to keep
in all the heat till evening service
Then see how dimly the lamps burn
in the vitiated air, how hard the min
lister tries TO raise himself and bis
! listeners to the height of some great
argument, and how stupid they are
nothing but lad air. Now for the
remedy; which cost labor and money
both, for ventilation is question of
shillinps and pence Saturday the
chapel-kcepcr should be instructed
to open oil the doors and windows, to
let out all the dead and foul air, and
let in such as is fresh. 1t takes no
more coal on Sobbath morning to
heat the place to 10 degrees because
of this publication. Sunday noon
let the openings of the chapel be
again thrown wide-warmth and bad
air will alike disappear, and though
extra coal may be required ia raise
the temperature, the minister will
preach so much better in consequence
and the hearers will listen with. such
Increased relish to the Sacred Word,


that the loss of the pocket will be in
fnitely compensated by the gain Of
of the sOul.-SpuyqeOa. ct
Year: 1872

A campaign of unusual interest is
in progress in the State of North
Carolina. This will be the first State
election of the canvass, and both par
ties are straining every nerve to Sc
cure n victory. North Corolina was
always sincerely attached to the
Union. Her people had no stomach
for fight against the old flag. Clay
and Webster We're their intense adj
miration, and their own great states
man, Mangum, kept them always on
the right side This old Wing leayen
still works there as it does in so many
other parts of the country, for no par
ty ever fiourished in the Republic
that was so intensely national and
patriotic as the Wing, and the Repub-
lican party inherits this spirit


At the last election in the State it
was carried by the Republicans, after
a hard struggle, though it was con-
test upon question of calling a con-
vention to revise the State constitu-
ton. But amnesty has admitted many
of the disfranchisea 20 their forfeited
rights and it is now diflienlt to pre-
diet the result with any certainty.
Should the State election t4is'year be
carried by the Republicans She politi-
cal character of the State may be
considered as settled for mans years
and doubtless the influence of such an
example viii long be felt throughout
the south. For North Carolina has a
large preponderanee Of white popu-
lation over the colored, and therefore
her declaration in favor Of the Re
publican cause now would be an I'M
doubted verdict of their acceptance
of accomplished results. The New
York Tribune daily lessening the
thin pretence of Republican which
covers its desertion, urges all whom
it NAV influence to discard party
names and vote the Democratic ticket
straight. II
Year: 1872

A western farmer reeklessly pub
lished the following charge: Il will
bet S42 81 that my hired man can
take longer go to the harvest field,
get back to dinner quicker, eat more,
do less, and bear down harder on "A
pannel Of fence than any other hired
man within fifteen miles of the flag
staff in Jefferson.
Year: 1872

The WEAR AND REPAIR OF THE BRAIN


The notion that those who work only


with their brain need less food than


those who labor with their hands is fall


lacious; mental labor causes greater
waste Of tissues than muscular. Accor-
ding to careful estimates, three hours
of hard study wear out the body more
than whole day of hard physical ex-
iertion. Without phosphorus. no
thought, is German saying and the
consumption of that essential lngredl-
ent Of the brain increases in proportion
to the amount of labor which the organ
is required to perform. The wear and
tear of the braun are easily measured by
careful examination Of the salts in the
liquid excreuons. The importance OF
the brain as working organ is shown
by the amount of blood it receives.
which is proportionally greater than
that Of any other partofthe body. One
fifth of the blood goes to the BRAIN,
though its average weight is only one
fortieth Of the weight Of the body.
This fact alone would be sufficient te
prove that brain-workers need more
food. aAd better food. than Mechanics
and farm. Boston Journal O
chemistry. vxr @ ~ af..@s
Year: 1872

PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF COFFEE
An Interesting Communication was re-
Gently made at a meeting Of the Acade-
my of Sciences in Paris in regard to the
value of coffee as an article of food.
Attention was called to statement of
Mr.. Gasparin, in 1850, that the miners
of Chaleroi preserved their health and
great vigor of muscular force, by the use
Of less than half of the nutriment indi-
Gated as necessary by theory and daily
observation. Using food containing
less nitrogen and carbon than the daily
ration of the monks of La Trappe.
whose eountenancss are pale, and who
exercise scarcely one-ffth as much as
an ordinary workman, these Belgian
miners were more industrious and ener-
getic in their labors. The secret of the
difference was stated by Mr.. Gasparin
to consist in the use every day by these
miners of pint Of an infusion of about
An ounce of coffee, prepared in two
quarts ofwater, which served the pur-
pose of counteracting the injurious effect
Of an insufficient supply of food.


Reference was also made to an expert
ment in 1860, by Mr.. Jousand, in which,
by the use of a decoction of about an
ounce and half of powdered coffee, a
young man was kept, with no other food
whatever in good health and strength for
seven days, during which time he took
more active muscular exercise than US
ual, without any special Inconvenience.


The particular deduction from these
experiments appears to be that coffee
has an important action in preventing
denutrition and emaciation. An illus
tration Of this is seen. according to the
author, in the effect upon the urea. In
one experiment, about half grain of
caffein was consumed daily. and the
amount of urea was diminished % per
cent; while au infusion of about two
ounces of roast coffee diminished it by
~ per cent. This is asserted to be the
result by very careful experiments OF q
Psychologist upon himself, providing
that caffein and roast coffee diminish
the oxidation of the system, and temper
the process OF denurtltion. The Excess
sive frequency and intensity of the beat
lingo the heart was also found to be re-
eiuced in several instances. 1t is prob


able, according to the author, that Il
similar action is exerted by some othsi
substances--the Paraguay tea, espe tally,
which, it is well known, enables the na-
tives OF the Andes to snbsist for long
time on an incredibly small amount Of
food Ua,per's Monthly.
Year: 1872

SALAD DRESSING This is also excel
lent over Sliced tomatoes in the sum-
mer. Take the yolk of one fresh egg
and mix with it two tablespoonfuls OF
olive oil very slowly, add one and one
half speonfuls of mustard, three spoon
fu1s of salt, little pepper, and last of
all two spoonfuls Of vinegar. Beat the
white Of the egg to stiff froth and
lightly stir in.
Year: 1872

There is no breastwork against
evil, and no school of virtue and
moral worth, like a good home.
And the good home is not merely
that which furnishes edible dinners,
and well-kept rooms, and clean beds,
but that which furnishes most salts
faction, refreshing and JOY to all its
inmates. And evening is the only
time when all the members Of the
family circle meet together, and can
mingle in happy and joyous inter-
course. The occasion should be
provided for as it usually is not.
Our home-keepers should take the
hint from those who furnish public
entertainments, and lavish thought
and ingenuity enough upon the oc-
casion 10 make it so attractive and


delightful and satisfying that every


member of the household will feel


the happier for it, and look forward
to its return with expectancy, and


be beyound the reach Of the ten
thousand temptations to spend the


evening hours elsewhere.


Exactly how this is to be done
must be answered by housekeepers
for themselves. They have resour-
ccs and ingenuity enough, will they
but once sec the Importance of the
thing, and set their wits at work to
develop the hint into a beautiful and
Joyous reality. We do not mean
that everybody should spend every
evening at home. Let there be for
all profitable and entertaining going.
Still it will be found that great pub.
lie entertainments often excite more
than they delight or edify, and, il
often INDUCED in, produce weari


ness, and a dissipation worse thar
fatigue.


The evenings at home furnish thu
fitting alternate and contrast t.


these public entertainments, ant


each is enjoyed the more for tn,


other. And to make the evening.


at home truly delightful, every re


source Of culture and pleasure ma,


be rightly invoked. Why not have


a succession Of evening entertain


ments, giving one to reading, an
other to music, a third to conver
| sation, fourth to drama, and ,
fifth to miscellaneous play?


Why not import into the hom'
Year: 1872

circle some talentof the to amuse,
and entertain, and edify, which lies
all about, waiting for the invitation?
And what one family cannot do
alone, two or three together can
easily effect. Were our people to
spend a tenth part Of the time and
interest they now throw away on
worthless excitements and utter
frivolities, in making their homes
truly helpful and happy, we should
prevent half the crimes, and stop
half the vices of society at their
source.-Golden <1ge.
Year: 1872

AS the sign denotes, it is tru-
ly a Hat Store, both for Ladies
and Gents. Every person who
visits Independence is familiar
with Turner's Millinery and Fur
nishing Goods Store. Last spring
they added to their stock in the
shape of Gents Hats and Fur
nishing Goods, making it truly
a Hat Store. We say it (and
without boasting), that we have
as large and as fine an assort-
ment as can be found in any
store of our class of goods west
of Chicago.


To the Ladies Gas usuaD, we
solicit share of your patronage.


TO the Gents-remember it is
truly, surely, and the only Hat
Store in the city. Our Facility
and Experience for purchasing
stock is second to none; expen-
ses small; consequently our
prices we guarantee.


Remember the place, The
Sign of the Big Hat.
Year: 1872

into some corporate business, they generally
get Incorporated by the State legislature
for the purpose; but State legislature could
not incorporate individuals oil over the Uni
ted States and Canadas


L have great confidence 10 the benefits in
store for the members of this Order, if they
only persevere and do what they may. But
1t is something new in this section of the coun-
try, aud people outside Of the Order do not
really know what to think Of IL, whether to
venture IN or keep ont, and therefore await
results. hope that no Grange or member
of Grange will be disheartened or impa.
tient at the slow progress of the Order in
developing the full objects and benefits hop
ed to be realized from it, but wait aud see.
Already thousands Of farmers at the West
have realized large amounts of money saued
in buying farming utensils by means Of the
Order, which can be done here when the bus
iness is in full running order.


A PATRON.
Year: 1872

the spout OF watering pot, and the NOR,
finely it is perforated the better, so as L
sprinkle the water over the flowers and leaves
without bending them down with its weight


Many persons think il sufficient to water
the roots, which is a great mistake, II
materially contributes to its health and
beauty to sprinkle the whole plant:
Comforting the garden, woods and flowers


With the cool spray Of artificial showers"


Or such plants as are succulent, it is gen.
orally advised to water the leaves but sell
dom, lest y redundancy of moisture should
rot them. The best way in watering all
plants, is rather to cast the water at, than to
pour it on them, as it falls more lightly. II
will be observed that more water, as we'll a.
more shelter, must be necessary for potted
plants, than for those in open ground.


Flowers must not be denied the light
toward which they naturally turn the want
of it will injure their health as much as the
want Of water, air, or warmth.


They must also be allowed mir even those
that will not bear the outer air must have
the air of the room frequently freshenod by
ventilation, to preserve them in health.
Care should be taken not to let plants stand
iu a draught, for, when so situated, one
strong gust of an easterly wind will often
prove sufficient to destroy them.
Year: 1872

Parlor gardening is becoming each year
more necessary as pleasant adjunct to home
life. 1t is also the especial province of the
ladies Of the household. The following di.
rections from Brecks New Book of Flowers,
is orthodox IN every respect;


To ascertain if a plant wants fresh potting
turn it carefully out of the pot, with the
earth attached to it, and examine the roots.
If they are matted about the sides and bot.
tom of the ball, the plant evidently needs
fresh pOtting. Their carefully reduce the
ball of earth, to about third Of its original
bulk ! single out the matted roots, and trim
away all that are mouldy and decayed.
Probably the same pot may then be large
enough, but, if it requires larger one, it
should be about two inches broader for a
middle.sized plant; three or four for large
plant. If the roots are not matted, but the
pots are filed with fbers, keep the ball entire
and carefully plant it in larger pot At
the top Of large pot, an inch. and of
small one, half an inch, should be left for the
reception of water, without danger Of over
flow. A little gravel charcoal, or pieces Of
broken pots should always be placed at the
bottom for drainage,


A plant newly potted must never be ex-
posed to a strong sun. 1t should be watered
and placed in the shade Immediately, and
there remain until it is rooted, which may be
known by its starting to grow.


Plants are frequently destroyed by repot-
ting, merely by the careless manner in which
it is done. When the roots are spread, plenty
of room should be left open, little hilock
made in the center Of the pot, and the plant
being placed thereon, the roots should be
distributed around it in a regular manner,
observing that they are not twisted or turned
up at the ends. The earth should then be
filed in, little at time, and the pot gently
shaken to settle the earth to the roots all the
way down. When filed, it should be pressed
down with the hand. II is very common



to fill in the earth at once, and press it hard
down, which not only wounds the tender f.
bers, but often leaves hollow space around
the lower roots, and deprives them of their
proper nouriShment. But the thing most
necessary to be observed is, that the roots be
allowed their natural course.


All plants should be kept clear OF weeds,
not for neatness alone, but because these cx-
hAust the nutriment which should feed the
plant.


The best water for plants is undoubtedly
rain water; If this cannot be obtained, river
will do pond water is not so good, but
worst Of all, is hard spring water, In win
ter, and for delicate plants even in summer,
water should be placed in the sun until it
becomes tepid before it is used.


The water should never be allowed to re-
main in the pan under the pot, as it tends to
rot the roots. 1t may be well to observe
that plants should be Watered with rose on
Year: 1872

The Utica IN. " Herald says As we
are informed from different sources, and by
sn American gentleman who has spent the
summer in England, and paid particular at
tentiOn to dairy matters, the principal thing
that keeps our cheese from leading every
thing in price, is its rank flavor. 1t is richer
and more buttery than the English make,
but is generally what we call "off favor" I"
No doubt feed has something to do with ia
vor, and old pastures Of mixed grasses are
better than new, with only two or three kinds
of grass and an accompaniment of weeds.
But we think making our cheese to cure rap
idly and find an early market has more to do
with the bad favor than any other one thing.
1t is soon ripe and soon rotten, and therefore
rank-havOred. Our factorymen ought to
make slower curing and longer keeping
cheese. If they did. it would not be long
before they would monOpOlize the English
market and begin to get footing on the con-
tinent.