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Year: 1872

Every good citizen should take his county pa.
per. This, as all our readers know, is our firm con.
victiou. However. as this u reading age, few
are without from two to half dozen periodicals.,
and to this reading majority we desire to say
few words. When you are deciding what me.
tropoltan paper to take, consider the tone aud
character rs we'll a. the amount and freshness Of
its news and the perfection of its mechanical
work. The Chic,ge Post not only diffuses gen.
eral information Of q most desirable chAraeter
among its readers, but its general course is one
that lie calculated to raise the moral tone of the
community, to elevate and advance the human
race iu everything that is to be most priced by
the pure.minded and intelligent. The Port has
consistently pressed the principles Of the Repub.
lican party, and the success with which the pa.
per has met shows the favor in which it is held
by the people who control the destinies of this
Nation. The proprietors of this spicy sheet have
promised the public that the recent great fire in
Chie.go should not detract from the merits of
the paper. We believe it will keep pace with
the progress Of the times, and be more welcome
visitor in the future than it ever was in the past
The terms of the Post will be found in another
column. They are exceedingly low for the val
tie received.


Single copies for sale and subscriptions receiv.
ed by Osman Il Hapemsn, Ottawa, Ill.
Year: 1872

not heard in the camor-the voice of calm
Judgment. The people of Manchester have
reached most important epoch in their his
tory, and upon the present management of
their finances depends their rfutureprcsperity
or degradation. 1t is hoped that those
charged with this responsible duty will pause
Il moment and consider well before any new
appropriation of money is made. The full
import Of recent events should be under
stood, and the financial policy of the town
shaped accordingly. What are the improve.
ments: What are the plans that will insure the
rapid settlement of our vacant squares RI
gideconomy anda scrupulous appropriation of
every dollar to such improvements rs are III
diSpcnsablc TO the convenience and comfort
of citizens, it would seem. ought to be the
policy of the Board of Trustees:


ECoEoMISr.
Year: 1872

ST. LOUIS, March 1i.--Thcre will be mass
meeting of women in the Methodist church
here tomorrow to consider plan Tor memo
raizing the General Conference of the Me-
thodiSt Episcopal Church to permit the ordl-
nation OF women as ministers. The call for
the meeting was signed by ladies of high So
cal position and OF great personal worth.
Year: 1872

CLEVELAND, June 25.-There is every
indication that the State Democratic
Convention to be held in this city Thurs
day next will be q very large one. There
are many delegates already here, and
more are expected tonight. The dele
gates here almost unanimous for ratify-
ing the Cincinnati nominees. The con-
vention will held in Central Rink, a
building capable of seating about ten
thousand people. The Rink has been
tastefully decorated and very finely ar
ranged.


1t is believed that a State ticket will
be nominated at this Convention, but
that the nomination of an Electoral
ticket will be postponed till after the
Baltimore Convention.


TIE Liberal Republican State Execu-
tive {, ,1nmittee held 8 meeting here to-
day for consultation. Many prominent
Liberal Republicans were present. No
business v N'as done, hut it is thought an
effort will be made by them to have the
nomination of State ticket by the
Democratic Convention postponed till
after the Baltimore Convention.
Year: 1872

WASHINGTON, June 25.-The follow.
ing is the additional article to the Treaty
Of w Arlington as amended and agreed
TO by the Senate by vote Of 46 yeas
to is nays:


WHEREAS, The government of Her
Britanic Majesty has eontended, in the
recent correspondence with the Govern
ment of the United States in regard to
the tribunal of arbitration at Geneva
to have been sustained by loss in the
transfer Of the American commercial
marine to the British flag the en-
hanced payments of insurance, the
prolongation Of the war and the addi-
tion of alarge sum TO the cost of the
war and the suppression Of the rebellion
firstly were not included in the Treaty
OF Washington, and fIrtherly and
finally should not be admit
ted in the principle as growing
out of the acts committed by
particular vessels alleged to have been
enabled to commit depradations on the
shipping Of belligerent power by reason
Of such want Of due diligence in the per-
formance Of neutral obligations such as
that which is imputed by the United
States to Great Britain; and, whereas,
both governments adopt for a future
principle that the claims for remote and
indirect losses should not be admitted
as the result of failure to observe neutral
obligations, so far as to declare that it
will hereafter guide the conduct of both
governments in their relations with each
other; now, therefore, in consideration
thereof, the President Of the United
States, by and with the advice and con-
sent Of the Senate thereof, consents that
he will make no claims Oh the part of
the United States in respect to indirect
losses, as aforesaid, before the tribunal
of arbitration st Geneva.
Year: 1872

MILWAUKEE, June 25.-Fhe large
wholesale dry goods establishment of
Cant & Frank, ON East Water street,
was struck by lightning during the
thunder storm at midnight. The stroke
was of such violence as to hurl the sash
Of the front windows across the street.
1t took fire instantly, and at this hour is
considered total loss. Loss on the
building, one hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars. Insurance, five thou
aand dOflara
Year: 1872

/ II Is ensy going down hill. II is con
stnntly accelerated motion, unless thore
is some holding back or some obstruction
in the way. The reius aro tigh!ened and
the old horse, who draws the light pleas
urc wagon or buggy, tries the strength Of
his harness as he goes town the hill for
the safety Of tho riders The stage driver
puts his weight upon tho breaks to steady
tho public coach anil get its inmates safe
and sound TO tho bottom. The brakesm ON
on the downward grade of The railroad
whirl thcir respective wheels to obstruct
and retard the too rapid motion, which
may endanger the lives of hundreds by the
running off of the cars and general
smash-up.


So it is sometimes with nations. So /.
has been for sometime with tho boasted
Republic of the United States. 1t has
been going downward at fearful rate. 1t
gathers fresh impetus with each reyolv.
ing year. Every turn of the wheel of
tiluc biNcb ~ hoIo idpiu anu
yet the millions of freighted beings are
shouting and encouraging and urging on
the lightning speed Of the laundering
train, careless Of the yawning gulf of hell
and destruction below. Who shall deny
this 2 Has not political virtue become
myth ? Have not politics become q trade,
in which fraud and force prevail, and
control results? Has not the right of
suffrage becomea thing ofbargain and sale2
Is not,th heaviest purse most lkely,to
win Mt any election? Are not the public
offices filled with the most worthless and
abandoned of the masses Is not stealing
from the public treasury committed with
impunity and even commendation From
the highest to the lowest official, is not
corruption the order of the day Does not
our President accept gifts, and appoint to
Office and grow rich in his chair of State
Have not the great body of the people be-
como careless and indifferent TO these
things and Of public affairs generally,
thinking only OF "llthy lucre' ana ming
their private Golfers?


Downward, downward, in accelerated
speed rusfcs the, boasted train of progress.
The road .to'ruin.. is easily.traveled. 1t is
broad and smooth, and individuals aud
nations, who. goitherein, soon reach the
end of their journey. Is it not full time
to put on the breaks and check the down
ward speed of the national progress? Or
is it even now too late ? We write this on
the eve of the Presidential election. To-
morrow the fate of the Republic will be
decided. Should Greeley and Brown be
elected, there will be some hope for the
country, but we are bound to confess that
we await the result with Stf and tremb-
ling. The chances are against US, but
there is a faintgimmer Of hope left. We
shall watch this with eager and straining
eyes until outer darkness settles down
on the devoted land.
Year: 1872

H'y po Peiio1 NV" uhu>o-N3
~ef was recently shown in bussoh.
About a month since, q portion of
one of the wharves gave way un-
der the weight oftwo hundred tons
of pig iron, letting the iron into
the water, and burying it deeply
in the mud. Work was immediate
ly commenced to recover tho iron,
and has been successfully perform
ed. The Boston Post thus de-
scribes the manner of working:


The divers work each four hours
per day. Such is the admirable
contrivance as to the supply of air,
and the connection between the op-
orators at the top and bottom of
the water, that tho business is con-
Quoted with great expedition
From ono to five pieces of iron are
raised every three minutes, steam
engine being employed for tho pur-
pose. The water is muddy and
the divers are unable to see the
sought for treasure. They there
fore depend entirely upon the sense
of feeling. The water is from SOW
en- to fifteen feet deep as the tide is
high or low. The operation is dali
ly Witnessed by many interested
spectators. Tho divers are not
men of especial vigorous power,
but they labor without difficulty
for full four hours at time. The
sensation is then of chillness, not
exhaustion. The airA is supplied
by pump connected with the top
of the divers costume by q rubber
pipe. The pump is in constant
operation, the effect of which is
seen in bubbles rising to the surface
and which indicate the precise To-
cation of the diver. The latter is
kept at tho bottom by shoes with
lcadcn soles and a belt of cast iron.
There is also rope about his waist
reaching above water, which he
pulls in a jerking way when there
is sling Of iron ready to be rails
ed. H ,aaa,s
Year: 1872

The new silver dollar recently
struck in the San Francisco mint
is said to DO adsptcd for general
circulation in China, where the
want of silver coin has been much
felt. It is worth six per cent. mere
than the old dollar, and win be re-
ceired IN CHM on the same terms
as the old Mexican dollar. which
has hitherto been al q premium Of
Year: 1872

RED RIVER BRIDGE.-The bridge
tiinbers are now loading at Sedal-
ia, all finished and ready to be put
up. On Monday night next, the
substructure will be ready, and the
bridge viii be finished as fast as
men can put it up. The road is
now within some twelve miles of
Red River-track laying going on
at the rate oftwo miles per day.
Next week will sec the road finish
Cd 10 Red River. The road will be
pushed to Denison with the utmost
rapidity.-Denisoa Journal.
Year: 1872

Soon after the Grand Jurors, at the pres
ent term Of the Federal Court had been Sc
lected and sworn, the question was raised
by the Districs Attorney, Andrews, that
certain of them should be discharged from
the jury on account Of a statutory qualifca-
tion. The statutes of the United States
provide, in substance, that the same qualili-
cation shall attach to jurors selected for the
United States Court as attach to jurors in
the Circuit or Superior Counts Of tlle State
in which the United States Court is held.
By the Code Of Tennessee it is provided
that no one shall be selected as a regular
juror who has suit pending, at the time, in
the court. Some Of the members Of the
Grand jury having suits now pending in
the Federal Court, the District Attorney
moved their discharge and the substitution
of Others without a like disqualification. His
Honor Judge Trigg, yesterday decided that
after the jury had been empannelled it was
too late TO raise the objection. He there
fore proceeded to charge the Jury as at first
sworn.-hnOrrU'e Press and Herald, jan
UGry 10.
Year: 1872

i


1t is now demonstrated that the DemOc-
racy cling to their distinctive doctrines with
an honesty Of conviction which nothing
can shake. Here is the invincible strength
Of the party. 1t is the only living power
of any party or Of any man, in accomplish
ing any end worthy of history. This deep,
earnest conviction Of Democrats that their
doctrines are true, that they lie at the root
and are the condition of the fact of a free
government, is living power, well nigh
omnipotent. The Radical party have not
this sort Of conviction. They contend for
office. They contend for the loaves and
fishes. Their policy is to enrich themselves,
careless Of the means by which they do it.
Look at the history of Radicalism in each
Southern State since the close of the war.
Look at what is now doing in New Orleans
and what it aimed TO do in Texas last fall.
So soon as lis argument and moral Suasion
fail, its resort is TO brute force. 1t has no
respect for the constitution; hence it kicks
1t whenever one Of its provisions stands in
the way Of the party.
Year: 1872

GRANT must be very much incensed al
Sumner on account Of his proposed amend
ment to the Constitution of the United
States limiting The Presidential Office to one
term. His hand-organ, the Washington
Republican, speaks of the one term princi-
pie as being 'fOrced from personal malice, y
and Grant himself is reported as having
spoken Of Sumner recently, in conversation,
as an utterly unpatriotic man, and declared
that, if the country got into tight place,
he would great deal sooner expect Jeffer-
son Davis or Breckenridge to come to the
rescue tr.an Sumner.
Year: 1872

I he North German Gazette denies the
statement first published in the London
STANDARD that Gen. Won MOltke has
expressed disapproval in a military point of
view, of the famous march to the sea made
by Gen. Sherman's army during the civil
war in the United States.
Year: 1872

One of the bills passed, and which gave
rise to considerable opposition, established
the principle Of granting pension to tie
widow of soldier after she had contracted
a second marriage and entered a second
widowhood. The vote on the passage of
the bill was los to s..
Year: 1872

correspondent at Co leraine, asks
''What kind of crops are ground bones
most valuable for, and what are they
worth per ton when compared with stable
manure or with the commercial fertilizers
of the day ?"


There is scarcely any crop that is not
benefited by phosphate of lime, the chief
constituent of bone. When dried, bones
consist of about third part Of organic
material and two-thirds inorganic The
first is in the form of gelatine, chiefly, and
that you know, is highly nitrogenous. The
inorganic part is mostly phosphate of lime
so that you have in bones both organic and
mineral manures, the one class furnishing
the soil with ammonia and the other phos-
phorc acid.


Perhaps they are most valuable for the
grain crops, Indian corn, etc, and the
roots, as mangolds and swedes, but they
are valuable for top dressing for grass and
pastures, especially old pastures long fed
by dairy stock and from which the phos-
phate has been removed in the milk, the
bone and the flesh OF the animal


Ground bones are worth about thirty dol
lars ton, if they are pure and ground fne.
They can he picked up at about twenty dol
lars ton raw, and the grinding ought to
be done, and done well. for ten dollars a
ton. As compared with most other ma.
nnres, stable manure, for example, farmer
could atfnrd to paw forty dollars ton for
pure, finely ground, bone meal, but that is
about the limit and ought to exact
guaranty OF purity, and then get it examin-
ed by competent chemist, and If it is
found to be adnlterated with oyster shell
lime, very common practice, or with
plaster, or any similar substance, hold the
seller to the letter of his guaranty.


The market price, that is what the dealers
ask, is about sixty dollars per ton. You
can't afford to pay that, even if it is pure,
and if you can't get it pure and genuine at
forty dollars or less, you had better look
around and buy something else, or make a
bigger compost heap at home. Mass.
Ploughman.
Year: 1872

The following beautiful remark upon the
value Of snow will doubtless be read with
interest by the Reader. 1t is from the pen
of the editor Of the New England Farmer:


When the snow comes early and remains
through the winter the roots of the grain
and grass remain green and succulent and
are ready for an early start in the spring.


The snow also protects the surface from
the sweeping winds, which dry it and re-
move the soil from the roots of the grain
When the SLOW lies in a deep body on the
ground. if we have occasion to dig into the
earth, we find there little or no frost
People say the snow has taken the frost out
of the ground. This is not exactly true.
The snow has protected the ground from
the cold air, and the heat radiatipg from the
earth has melted what frost there was un-
der the snow.


The white color of the snow prevents
the absorption of the suns rays and their
transmission to the ground so that the al
ternate thawing and freezing does not take
place in a snow-covcred surface, which it
does in one on which the snow does not lie


1t is often said that the snow is the poor
mans manure. But it is The rich mans as
well, for 1t brings down the elements of
fertility from the atmosphere, and retains
them, and when it melts conveys them into
the soil


When the snow is converted into water
by the genial influences of the suns rays,
1t penetrates the soil so quietly that it does
not diSpace the seeds, or disturb the root
lets Of the plants, but sOttens and swells
them, and at the same time dis olives the
elements of nutrition around them, which
they are thus enabled to absorb into their
circulating vessels and convey to their
tender shoots and binds


Thus good Providence supplies us with
the means of life and comfort. 1t sends
1he snow to retain the warmth of the earth
and protect all vegetable life. Without it,
IN the higher latitndes, the earth could not
be Inhabited by man. The ground would
freeze to such depth that it would not be
thawed till midsummer. We could raise no
winter grain, and the short seasons would
limit our cultivation TO few of the harder
plants.


The snow, then, is not only "a beauty
and joy" but it is a safeguard and pro
lection to an vegetable life. II adds large
ly TO the fertility and productiveness of the
soil, and enables it to produce much
greater variety and abundance of crops for
the supply of man, and the cherished ami
mails which contribute SO largely to his
necessities and comforts, than it would
otherwise do.
Year: 1872

The following recipe for making grating
wax is taken from the Germantown Tele-
graph:


We wish to remind those preparing graft-
ing wax that W. have found four parts OF
rosin, one part of heeswsx, and one part of
heef faliow, to be the best proportions
Melt them in skillet, (Which is the best
or tin cup, and mix well. 1t should re-
main in the vessel and used as needed
Twenty or thirty scions can be wqxed with
one heating up. When such grating Is to
be done little fire for beating the wax
should be made on the spot, between two
bricks or stones.


We have seen various preparations for
making grating wax and we believe we
have tried them all. Applying it warm or
hot does no injury to the graft The obj ct
to attain in the proportion is that the wax
will not crack in cool, dry weather, or run
IN warm weather. If, however upon tria !,
different proportions be required, the fore
going can be altered, though after using
them in several ways we have come back to
these
Year: 1872

II Is only violet faded and old
That has qaiet slipped from the letter hold,
But it whispers something | used to know,
When SOM b dy placed ii there long ago
When the letter was sent withlts freight of love
While an earnest PRAYER went up above,
And |. in strange land far away,
Was loving him always night and day
But that was so very long ago,
And time works changes. as we all know;
1t may be he has forgotten qIite
The loving words they used to write,
But this poor little f ,wer is pleading here,
For the dust, and the things that once were


dear,
And the love in my hesrt, like the violet's


breath,
Though crushed and forgotten, can never know


death.
Year: 1872

AT a social party, where humorous
definitions was one of the games OF the
evening the question was put, "What is
religion P" Religion" replied one of the
party, more famous as man of business
then of wit, ''is an insurance against fire
in the next world, for which honesty is
the best policy"
Year: 1872

An English writer advises young ladies
to look favorably upon those engaged in
agricultural pursuits, giving AS a reason
that their mother Eve married "a gardener
He forgot to add, however, that the gard
ener lost his situation in consequence of
the match.
Year: 1872

In this race Richlsnd was the fayorite,
with Midnight second choice, but as in the
first race was won easily by a horse that
sold in the field. The betting was heavy,
and the knowing ones lost heavily. At
tendance good. Weather cloudy and pleas
Year: 1872

The burden OF the farmer-Too much
land.


A farmers life goes often against the
grain.


There must be instructive neatnosS in
q housewife, or there will be dirt in the
carners.


The day is coming when the farmer
will be the educated man.


The warfare of the farmer must be
eternal against the weeds.


Nothing is so extremely ridiculous as
to see man go into his bed, all nicely
prepared, and deliberately cast foul seed
into it. How many Of us can plead in-
nocence here p


The farmer is constantly surrounded
by miracle of his own "raising -con-
verting foul manure into gram.


The farmers land has area; but his
ownership also extends downward
down to tho fires; in the centre OF the
globe meet all our deeds.
Year: 1872

The idea prevails with majority Of
farmers, that while cropping with grain
is an exhaustive process to the land,
cropping with grass adds to its fertility,
Perhaps the most common rotation is Il
five years course, beginning with corn,
and followed by spring grain, winter
wheat, and then two years OF clover and
grass, 1t is commonly supposed that
the land recuperates under the grass and
grain fertility to produce crops Of grain.
This view is correct, doubtless, if the
grass crops are used solely to enrich the
soil, but when they are mostly removed
either by pasturing, or as hay, We can
see no reason why the soil should not
thereby lose elements of plant food,
not to the same extent, probably, as in
the growth Of grain crops.


The successful use Of clover or grass
as fertiling crop, on Ggrain farm, must
be confined to two methods; it either
must DO all left on the ground to shade
and protect it from the summer heat, and
be turned under to add to the soil the
elements absorbed from the atmosphere,
or removed in the form of hay, fed to
stock in conjunction with the coarse
grains Of the farm and straw, and the
manure it thus makes depended upon to
keep up fertility. II the grain farmer
adopts the first method, one year is SUI.
fcient for the land to be under clover,
and if he makes hay, feeds stock and
produces large quantities of manure, the
same time is likewise enough to com
plete his rotation. And this, we believe,


is the best course for the grain farmer.
Pasture is tho least praftablo use to
which he can put his grass and clover.
He should feed a great deal CT stock in
the winter, and posture as little as pos
sible in the summer His teams should
he stabbed and soilcd, and his cows have
a permanent pasture, 50 that the clover
field need not be troddon by single
hoof.


The grain farmer Of limited means can
practice the systom OF using the clover
directly as fertilizer for his soil, with
out at first passing Through stock, and
with good grain land as basis, and by
thorough culture so as to develop its
strength, he will raise fair crops for some
years, but he should not rest content
until his round of operations includes
the making of tho clover into hay, and
feeding it with the straw, corn stalks and
coarse grains to fattcnlng stock during
the winter