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Year: 1871

. The symptoms of Liver
Complaint are uneaslnesS
and pain in the side. Some
times the pain is in the
shoulder, and is mistaken


for rheumatism. The stom-
ach is effected with loss OF
appetite and sickness, bowels
in general costive,, some
atimes alternating with lax
d with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss


of memory, accompanied


with painful sensation of hay
ing left undone something


which ought to have been


done. Often complaining OF


weakness, debility and low
Sometimes many OF
Year: 1871

We reprint dispatch to the Sa1 Diego Union, sent by the editor ot that paper from San Francisco, whicf speaks very hopefully of early work on the Texas Pacific Railway. Some impatience has been manifested at the apparent do-nothingness of the Com pany since its organization. If thai dispatch do not err, it indicates won. derful activity on the part of the con- pany. The new company had many interests to reconcile and purchase be- fore it were safe to proceed. A num- Der of franchises had been granted in one or another form over almost every inch of the route, and some O1 the holders cared nothing for the pub- lie interests or the prosperity of ths Texas Pacific. They felt that the road would be built by others, and that as their rights would be con- venient if not necessary to the new company, they would realize as largely as possible either in cash down, o1 prospective privileges. It was quite natural this state of affairs should ap- pear, and just as natural that the Texas Pacific company would not sub- init to any unreasonable exactions, or any exactions at all, beyond what they could avoid by some delay.

 Aside from these obstacles to active operations on the line, there are hun- dreds of matters of great importance necessary to be arranged beforehand. In this age of immense achievements, the dear public get anxious over even obvious delays. In fact, many curse anything or place they see or examine, which lacks perfection. Take the mass of the American people, and but few Pilgrims such as landed on Ply mouth Rock could be found among them. A vast majority of those who now leave the Eastern States in search of homes westward, would not have remained and made 8 vast country i'll New England, had they occupied the Pilgrims places. Nearly all are look ing for ready made homes, with vines, fruits, flowers, &c, .toI be had for the taking.

 The railway men will only delay the work on the Southern road so much as may lest promote the companys interests; and if anybody is green enough to suppose they will hurry construction in the lone interest of the public, all such have need of light on the moving motive of all deliberate business men and organizations. The road will come along in time, but we see DO way to hurry it faster than its managers please to rush it.
Year: 1871

Several modes are recommended how
this can be successfully done; but we do
not see how it can be more successfully
done than by the one we have frequently
recommended:


Cut out all the dying wood, and three
fourths of the suckers, scrape the trunks
of the trees completely, removing all thu
old, hard, broken bark; wash with
preparation of whale oil soap and water,
a pound of the soap to buck ct of water;
and give the orchard, not merely under
the trees, but every part of it, heavy
top dressing of good barnyard manure.
If there is any life or preductiveness left
in the trees this will bring it out.


The suge estion that the trunks of the
trees should be shorn of all tile bcughs
and'allowed to sucker, and some of these
when large enough graft d, will prove Il
failure. The grating of the ordinary
suckers growing from the trunks of old
trees can rarely he done with success
We tried This oeveral times, and tho
gratis all died at the end of the second
or third year.


Far better to graft the old trees when
ever there is any smooth barlled wood
near enough To a main hougb. They
will not only grow, but in most cases
fruit the second year, and always the
third year.
Year: 1871

All permanent improvements of land
look to lime for their basis.


Periodical applications of ashes tend to
keep mp the integrity of the soil.


All grain crops should be harvested
before perfectly ripe.


To manure or lime wet land is throw.
ing manure, litne and labor away


Glover, as well as grasses intended for
hay, should be moved when i'm bloom.


Shallow blowing operates to irnpover-
ish the soil, while it decreases in pro-
ducti0n.


Punctuality in engagements is as ne-
cessary to the agriculturalist as it is to a
merchant.


Deep plowing greatly improves the
productive powers of every variety of
soil that is not wet.


Subsoiing sound land that is not wet
is emineutly conducive to an increased
production.


Always provide an equivalent for the
substance carried off the land to the pro-
ducts grown thereon.


The cropping or grinding of grain to
be ted to stock operates as saving of at
least 25 per cent.
Year: 1871

In this country it is mainly used for


brewing; in European and Eastern
countries it is fed largely to horses. As
compared with oets it is more nutritious
and less heating. The product of an acre
Of barley is of more value as food for
horses or other animals, than the pro-
duet of an acre of oats Of equal quality,
The grain being harder when dry than
oats, cannot be consumed so well in a
raw state; but if fed unground, should
be soaked in wafer or boiled. When
ground or fed In conjunction with cut
fodder, there is nothing superior as food
for working teams. barley tends to
keep the system open and the skin soft.
SO long as our Amer lean farmers grow
barley, with no use for it in view but
mailing, SO long will it be subject to ex-
t-eme fluctuation in price, and the busi-
ness risky and Uncertain one for the
grower. But when Its true value for
feeding stock is recognized, tho markets
will become steadier, and tho profits
more certain.
Year: 1871

"Hours of sadness''-they come to us
all. Who of us have not felt, at times,
that strange, indescribable feeling-a
feeling that life is weary burden, that
we almost wish we could end our SEEM
ingly useless lives. But for all this,
there is something that reconciles us to
life. What it is we know not. But, like
some cheering spirit, it seems tc partial
ly disPel our gloom and stir the deeper,
nnhler nature within us, whispering
softly that by earnest, patient IdDor we
can, in time, make our lives worth
thing, and elevate ourselves a position
that will afford us opportunities of doing
some good in the werld-somethng that
will obtain for us the hearty commenda-
tions of ouI iellow-men, and the silent
approval of our conscience.


Then, will we not try to dispel this
gloom-to drive away these "hours of
sadness?" Can we not see that it is idle
thus to give way to dependency. We
can if we will? And if we only put forth
an earnest effort, we will at length sue
ceed, and obtain that blessed bcon-the
"Peari of Contentment'-wh the sue
cess of such efforts is sure TO bring.
Year: 1871

Sit by the window, and look over the
way TO your neighbours excellent man
sion, which he has recently built and
paid for, and sigh out, 40, that were a
rich mani"


Get angry with your neighbor, and
world. Shed a tear or two, and take a
walk in the burial ground, continually
saying TO yourself, "When shall be
buried here?"


Sign note for friend and never for
getyour kindness, and every hour in the
day whisper TO yourself, ~ wonder if
he will pay that note?"


Think everybody means to cheat
you. Closely examine every bill you
take, doubt its being genuine till you
have put tho owner to a great deal OF
trouble.


Put confidence in nobody, and believe
every man that you trade with to be II
rogue.


Never accommodate if you can pcssi-
bly, help it.


never Visit the SICK or affllcted, ana
never give farthirg to assist the poor.


Buy as cheap as you can; screw down
TO the lowest mill. Grind the faces and
hearts OF the unfortunate.


Brood over you misfortunes, your
lack of talents, and believe that at no
distant day you will come TO want. Let
the workhouse be ever in your mind,
with all the horrors of distress and pow
erty.


Follow these recipes strictly, and you
will be miserable your hearts coll
tent--if we may so speak-sick at heart,
and at variance with ell the world
Nothing will cheer or encourage YOU
nothing throw CLEAN of sunshine or "a
ray of light into your heart.
Year: 1871

A faint-hearted love Ounce writes to a
literary paper asking how he shall go to
work to win the affections of n woman.
He is advised as follows: "Attend Sap


soul. Don't talk about "going to worl'
to win the affections of woman; it can't t
he done in that way. The more you go
to work the more sne won't like you.-
Push her into duck pond and pull her
out by the hair. Ifyou are afraid to do
this, jump in yourself and let her pull
you out. Lend her money, or borrow
some from her. Make her believe that
she has deeply wronged you, and then
forgive her. Deeply wrong her and don t
ask to be forgiven. In short, contrive
either to lay her under a lasting obliga.
tion to you, or lay yourself under last
ing conversation to her. 1t does not
make the difference of headless pin
which, SO far as concerns the result"
Year: 1871

The Shepherd has folded thy lamb to His


breast;
Ccnhdingly there It forever shall rest;
And de who hath taken will surely restore
To thy yearning embraces thy loved one


once more.
Thy beautiful lily, so tenderly reared,
Now blooms in cline where no tempest is


feared;
In the garden Of God, where the crystal


streams flow,
And the amaranth blossoms no blight ever


know.
Thy long cherished birdling has flown from


the nest
Where she ever was lovingly, fondly ca


ressed;
She has spread her soft pinions, and scare


TO the skies,
And is warblink sweet notes In the new par


adise.
In the angelic choir her voice is now heard
AS she sings of the glories of His blessed


word,
While the Angel of Peace hovers over her


breast
Her sorrows are over, she's safely at rest.
Year: 1871

A CLEVER repartee is attributed to the
member from Mormondom in the new
Congress. A brother member aske ed him
how many wives he had. Enough to
keep me from running after other mems
was the prompt reply.
Year: 1871

ALL the cares of the day ought to be
laid aside with our clothes. None of
them must be carried to bed with us;
and in this respect, custom may obtain
very great power over the thoughts. 1t
is destructive practice to study in bed,
and read Till one falls asleep.
Year: 1871

The character of an individual
ought to be priceless jewel, guarded
with a jealous and watchful care-a
gem of purest water set in gold re-
fined. Before, above and around it,
should be written and acknowledged
of men the word good" To secure
such a prize is no difficult matter
1t is an edifice of which every person
can be the architect, and the materi-
ais for its construction cost but little.
The good book tells US that "a good
name is to be chosen rather than
great riches" and one of the sweet
est of Scotia's bards has sung in
choicest rhyme:


"The rank is but the guinca's stamp
The mans man for a that
Riches, rank, station, may give
power and command subserviency;-
but good character does more-ii
commands respect, admiration, and
affection. It is beacon for Other
mariners on the sea of life-a shin
ing light to guide the footsteps o.
other wanderers through the world
How important, then, for every one
to possess such gift. Its absence
will be surely felt; while its presence
will go ringing down the corridors o.
time, striking the returning echoel
of some good which it has accom-
plished in its passage through th.
waters of life.


The great things of the world ma,
crumble into dust; the thrones of EN-
pire may totter and perish; nations
may rise and fall; but the charactel
of the good will survive all these ant
more. It will not only shine will
lustre here. but in the great Hereaf
ter will be set in gold, and flame witt
q refulgent splerdor-a glorious re
ward for whatever it has cost to Sc
cure it in this world.


What an inducement for every on,
to secure this priceless sjewel--a re
ward here and reward hereafter
Why should any one refuse to max
at least an effort toFohtAin it2
Year: 1871

A little girl who loves to pray, one
night was very tired and sleepy, and was
getting into her little bed without say
ing her prayers. But her mamma told
her to kneel down first and pray. So
she folded her little hands and said:
"Please, God, remember what Polly
said last night, she's so tired to-night.
Amen"
Year: 1871

cluded to wait, expecting that each moment
would bring the desired presence Ten minutes
half an hour, one hour rolled by, and still the
President did not come. Growing Impatient at
last, the visitors one by one took their depar-
-ture, and walked through the Treasury and
down Fifteenth street. wondering what had be-
come of the President.


Seeing an unusual excitement and crowd at
the tent on the south side of the avenue, where
Professor Pratt exhibits his skil in tanning uu-
tanned steeds, and in teaching how to prevent
kicking horses from kicking, ETC., one or two
gentlemen who had been seeking the President
wandered over to the tent, and there was the
object of their search. His EXcelencv the Pre-
sident of the United States initiating himself
into the mysteries of dealing with refractory
members of Congress There is no harm in the
Presidents desiring information on horsehcsh
or anything else, but when 1t Is done at the
expense of the public business it is quite
another thing.
Year: 1871

Five Cars Fail rhreuEh n BnrnInE Bridge


One fIah Killed.


The Wheeling Iatetligencer of Wednesday
says;-


Monday night serious accident happened to
q freight train going east on the Parkersburg
branch OF the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
about one mile from Wilsonburg. There are
several bridges spanning small streams within
short distance of the village named A train had
passed over the road not long In advance of the
unfortunate one. and one of the bridges was set
on fire, it is believed, from Goals dropping out of
the ash pan upon the floor.


The train to which the accident happened
came along on time, and the engineer in coming
around sharp curve near the burning bridge
saw the danger before him. The distance was
too short to bring the train to stop, although
every effort was made to do so. Reversing the
engine, the engineer leaped from his position
and escaped unhurt. The train ran upon the
bridge when il fell with terrific crash, carrying
down with il five cars loaded with whisky, ,tobac-
co, and pork. The fireman went down with the
wreck, and is supposed to have been instantly
killed. Nothing has been seen of him since the
train made the fearful leap. The burning tim
beTs of the bridge commit unicated hre TO the
wrecked cars and contents
Year: 1871

The Coal Troubles Before the legislature
Report of the Judiciary COmmittee-ResuIt


of the Investigation,


Special DesDGfch 10 The soeltng Telegraph.


HARRIsBURG, March 24.-The following is the
report of the Judiciary Committee charged with
the investigation of the difficulties in the coal
TegioDs;-


The Committee on the Judiciary General to whom
was referred the message OF the Governor and
opinion OF the Attorney General on the right OF rail-
companies 10 charge eXoroitant rates OF freight
having progressed with the investigation by the eX-
animation OF many witnesses, and having as yet
reached no final results, but impressed with the
grave importance OF the whole subject ana the dlfi-
Guilty In the way Of its adjustment by statutory
acInent and desiring 10 lead the minds OF the public
and OF those directly Interested into thoughtful
sideraton of a settlement OF the troubles by the
voluntary action Cf those who are now at variance,
respectfully beg leave 10 make this preliminary
port expressly TeseryiDg all questions OF law and
fact for settlement and report at the close Of the in
Vestgation which Is 10 continue until all the evil
dence shall have been heard and arguments OF cOun-
SCI made.


The present dinicultes in the anthracite coal
region but incident OF the great that for
hundreds OF years has been waged between labor
Year: 1871

Your character cannot be essentially
injured except by your own acts.


Ifany one speaks evil Of you, let your
life be so that none will believe him.


Of him that hopes to be forgiven. it ia
indispensably required that he forgive.


Pride hides mans faults from himself
and magnifes them to others.


Every evil to which We do not succumb.
is benefactor.


1t is only by labor that thought can be
made healthy. and only by thought that
labor can be made happy.


Life is book Of which We can have
but one edition. Let each days actions.
as they add their pages to the iudestructi-
bic volume, be such as we shall be willing
to have an assembled world read.


The shadows Of the mind are like those
of the body. In the morning Of life.
they lie behind US at noon, We trample
them under foot; and 10 the evening they
stretch long and deepening before us.


To eat and drink and sleep; to he ex-
posed to the darkness and light; to pace
round in the mill of habit, and turn the
wheel of wealth to make reason our book
keeper, and turn our thought into an
implement of trade, this is not life. .


Many lose the opportunity Of saying a
kind thing by waiting to weigh the matter
too long. Our best impulses are toe
delicate to endure much handling. Ifyou
fail to give them expression the moment
they rise, they effervese, cvaporate, and
are gone. = If they do not turn sour. they
become fat. losing all life and sparkle BY
keeping. Speak promptly when you feel
kindly.
Year: 1871

Again and again we urge upon all
young men, who are just starting in life.
to make it an invariable rule to lay aside
certain proportion Of their income, what
ever that income may be.


Extravagant expenditures occasion a
very large part Of the sufferings of great
majority of people. And extravaganza is
wholly relative term. What is not at
all extravagant for one person may be
very extravagant for another. Expendi-
tures-no matter how small in themselves
they may be-arc always extravagant
when they come fully up to the entire a.
mount of PERSONS whole income.


The mode of living is almost entirely a
matter of habit 1t is just as easy to get
along on three-fourths of your income
whatever the amount of it may be-as on
the whole of it, if you ouly think so, and
restrict your expenditures accordingly.-
A young man who afterward became one
of the wealthiest merchants 10 Philadel-
phia, began housekeeping on salary of
three hundred dollars year. but he laid
up part of that three hundred dollars !;
aud he made it rule of his life never to
increase his expenses SO fast as his income
increased.


The thousand Inconvenience Of debt
embarrassment and dependence may all
be avoided by firm and undertaking ad-
herence to this rule.


One great aid in pursuing the course
VIC have recommended, will be found III
keeping an accurate account of all receipts
and expenditures By frequent reference
to this you will see just what you can af-
ford to expend. without encroaching Oh
your rule; and you will also see what OF
your expenditures you can most convent
emily curtail, or cut off entirely.


There is a great deal, too. in reflection
and foresight. in the expenditure of your
money. 1t is very common remark
that one person will make the same a
moust 90 twice as far as another. This
is owing to the employment Of greater
prudence and Judgment 10 buying. Al
most any amount of money can be thrown
away, and scarcely anything obtained for
it, by thoughtless, caret;ss speudthrift.


We despise skinfints. But economy
and meanness are by no means identical.
On the contrary. as it is easy for any one
to see, an unsel6sh. judicious economy
a wise saving-furnishes the means not
ouly of independence, but or benevolence
and generosity also.
Year: 1871

tive modesty shrinking from the warm
panegyric they embodied. Now that both
the poet and the soldier have passed away
beyond earthly censure or praise. there
seems no good reason why they should
longer be Withheld from the public eye.
give them here, with the assurance that
they will be read with interest in Eng
land"


The grand old Bard that never dies,


Receive him in our English tongue;
j send thee, but with weeping eye,


The story that he sung.


Thy Troy has fallen, thy dear land,


Is marred beneath the spoilers heel;
cannot trust my trembling hand


To write the things feel.
All, realms of tears but let her bear


This blazon to the end OF time
No nation rose so white and fair,


None fell so pure of crime.
The widows moan, the orphans wall


Rise round thee, but in truth be strong,
Eternal right, though all else fail,


Can never be made wrong.
An angels pen, an angels mouth,


Not Homer's could alone for me
Hymn we'll the great Confederate South,


Virginia first, and Lee.
Year: 1871

STOLEN PRINcIpLIs-The Democrats
of california have put on the old clothes
Of the Republicans by endorsing the new
Constitutional Amendments. They had
better turn in now and help US elect Booth,
that they may be better able to carry their
new principles into effect
Year: 1871

PARsoN FITZGERALD was renominated
for Superintendent of Public instruction,
without opposition. The reverend gentle
man will find opposition strong enough to
send him back to the shades Of private ! fe
for the next four years, where he can
have full leisure to prepare another set
OF Confederate Text Books for the rising
generation
Year: 1871

SUNDAY CLOSING MOVEMENT. BY
references to our advertising columns it
will be seen that most of our business firms
will close their places of business on the
Sabbath day, from and after the first day
OF August next. Customers will please
take notice.
Year: 1871

The TRANSMISSION of blood as reme-
dy for impaired vitality was recently
attempted with complete success in
a Berlin hospital. The subject was
a soldier on whom an amputation
had been performed, and who be-
came so weak from the consequent
loss of blood that his life was des-
paired of. As last resource one
of the attending surgeons selected a
healthy Bavarian and took from
him the proper quantity of blood
which, being freed from albumen
by fltering, and raised by artificial
means to blood heat, was injected
into the veins of the dying soldier


He began at once to recover.
Year: 1871

A letter from Valparaiso, Chill,
giving an account Of the recent
earthquake shocks at that point,
says: "One young lady, living
near Plaza Victoria, was in the
bath when the shock came, and
rushed into the square entirely
naked. After the shock had passed
and subsiding terror permitted her
to realize her situation, she found
herself standing near q man who
had nothing on but his shirt. In
an agony Of shame she clutehed at
the mans shirt, tore it from his
back, and, wrapping it round her
waist, rushed into the house, leav-
ing the man as entirely naked as a
moment before she had been her.
self"
Year: 1871

When does a man imposs upon himself When
he taxes his memory.


What is the difference between an entrance TO a
barn, and a printing office Iolfer2 Ono is barn
door and the other darn bore.