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Year: 1872

The Missouri Democratic is conceded to be one
of the ablest and most influential Republican
journals in the West. Recently it underwent
polical change of proprietorship, the prop
erty passing into the hands of the senior of
the old firm, Mr.. Geo. w. Fishback, for the
sum of $456, 900. The Democrat now comes
to us enlarged to ten column sheet, printed
on a new six-cylindcr Hoe press, and much
improved in appearance. When the pending
change was in prospect the Chicago Tribune
took occasion to predict that it would be fol-
lowed by a change in the political attitude of
the Democrat. This is the Democrats answer
to the Vaccinations of the false prophet:


''And now a word as to the Democrat of
the future. Believing that the nearest ap-
proach to political perfection which men as
beings can make. is attainable through the
success of the Republican party, we shall
adhere to and support the principles, politics
and properly nominated candidates of that
party. Believing General Grant to be the
wisest choice of the Republican party; hay-
ing Endorsement for his past and confidence
in his future career as civil ruler, we shall
continue the advocacy of his nomination
until the Philadelphia Convention shall have
crystalized the party win in an accredited
nominee, who-be he General Grant or some
other worthy man-will receive our earnest
support in the great struggle between dis
guised Democracy and avowed Republican
ism, which Is certain to be the complexion of
the Presidential contest" -... -
Year: 1872

New York Correspondence Baltimore American. y.


A gentleman arose in the Fulton street


prayer meeting the other day and stated that


he had been slave to intemperance for ten


years past. Every remedy medical moral


and social-that the ingenuity of man conid
suggest had been tried on him by his anxious
friends and his anxious self, with no effect.
All had become utterly discouraged, and all,
including himself, had given him up for lost
and incurable--all except, the praying ones.
who loved him they alone kept on praying.
New Years day he felt that now was the
time to break through this curse or perish
forever. One more spasmodic resolve was
made only to be broken. From week to
week ne still struggled, but gained no ground
morning, more to divert his wretched mind
than anything else, he went into church.
There he prostrated himself in his utter help
lessness with cry for rescue before God.
And there the chains fell off from his soul.
He walked forth glad and strong in the sense
of new spirit of life from Jesus Christ, and
sure of his freedom by confidence in his
Divine Helper. Drink was no temptation
the appetite was gone. Next morning he
hastened to his praying and long sorrowing
mother to tell the wonderful news. The
locomotive was a snail to his eager desire.
He spent the happiest day of both their lives
with her, and yesterday returned to the CITY.
and to-day had come In here to give thanks
that the Son of God had made him free, and
he was free indeed. After him followed in
prayer and thanksgiving a fine specimen of
intelligent young manhood, who frequently
lifts up his voice for the throng of intemper-
ate cases every day presented in this meeting
for intercession, and who never omits to give
fervent thanks for his own recent eniancfpa-
ton by the Son from the Devil and his Prime
Minister intemperance. I.al; I'd a4f5if
Year: 1872

A bill to amend the Poor Debtors law, dis
cussed in the House yesterday, shows sin
gular state OF things-almost as bad as the
pictures of English Marshalsea places of con-
tinement. The amending bill was suggested
by the case of John Dennis, now lying in
Charles Street Jail a prisoner for debt, and
who, unless the Legislature acts on the mat
ter, or forcible release is made, must remain
there for life. He was arrested for debt. but,
in an examination as to his power to take the
poor debtors oath, fraud on his part was dis
covered, and he was sentenced to thirty days
in Jail. He served out his time and again ap-
piled to take the oath, which was administer
ed to him In the Jail. The sheriff declined to
release him, on the ground that he had for
feited his rights under the law by such I'm
prisonment The Supreme Court sustained
the sheriff, and the prison gates seemed sealed
against the poor debtor for life. The amend
ing bill, started on its passage in the House
yesterday, and will probably set the prisoner
at liberty. Boston Times, April 6.
Year: 1872

WASHINGTON, April 9.-The Supreme Court
has given an opinion in the Bradley Fisher
suit. One feature in the decision has never
before been announced in this country. In
this case Bradley sued Fisher for damages
because the latter, as Judge of the Court in
the district, had disbarred Bradley for alleged
contempt. Justice Field delivered the opinion
of the Court. 1t held that a Judge of q
Court having general jurisdiction was not
liable in civil suit for any decision 1t may
have rendered, even though it should appear
or corrupt motives, and had been given out
side of his jurisdiction. In alluding to the
merits of the case, Justice Field said that
Judge Fisher had no right to disbar Bradley
without first giving him hearing. The
opinion of Justice Field is in accordance
with an English custom not heretofore adopt
ed in our Courts.
Year: 1872

An Irishman took the contract to
dig a public well. When he had
dug about twenty Ave feet deep, he
came one morning aad found it
eaved in-flled nearly to the top.
Pat looked cautiously around and
saw that no person was near, then
took off his hat and coat, hung them
on a windlass, crawled INTO some.
bushes and waited events. In a
short time the citizens discovered
that the we'll had eavcd in, and see
ing Pats hat and coat on the wind
lass they supposed he was at the
bottom orthe excavation. Only a few
hours of brisk digging cleared the
loose earth from the we'll Just as
the eager citizens had reached the
bottom, and were wondering where
the body was, Pat-came ewalking out
of the bushes, and good naturedlY
thanked them far relieving him OF a
sorry job. Some of the tired Dig
gers were dfsgHsted, but the iUke
was too good to allow anything
more than a hearty laugh, who
soon f0ll0Tsd.
Year: 1872

Teaching children to do work is
about the hardest kind Of work,
Most methers-are unwilling to take
the time and trouble. necessary to
teach their daughters the little wO-
manly arts OF sewing, knitting,
crocheting and the simpler kinds OF
embroidery. l. is left for some one
else to take the trouble, il they are
so fortunate as to secure q teacher.
Often the little ones look on with
longing ewes to the nimbie fingers
of q young companion, who can
fashion such beautiful things with a
crochet needle amt ball OF bright
wool. The comMon tasks Of pick
ing up chips, wiping dishes and
dusting rooms, seem such mere
drudgery in comparison. Some lit
tie variation OF this sort would
brighten the dull days.


We have too little patience IN
teaching children. IL they could
learn all ut one lesson, we should be
satisfied; but they tire after mo-
ments practice, and wish to turn to
something else. They are sure to
take up stitch wrong after we have
tod dozen times, and so We lose
our own patience and the child
ssOn follows our example. Some
one recommends, when we are
vexed at children for their dulhess
in doing their tasks. for their leach
ers to sit down and write. page
with their lest hand


Remember that a child is all left
hand when it begins to train its mus
cles. We make Too little allowances
for this training OF the muscles ia
ourselves, and Nc always know such
foolish things.


It is worth taking a great deal o.
time to teach our daughters these
little useful arts. 1t is part Of their
life training, and a very important
one Of ours. The lesson in patience
alone is worth more than The time
we spend


They are happier for their abiii-
Is, and soon gI0w skillful by prae-
tice, and learn To turn their knowl
edge to account. ] know a little
girl of five who takes tile greatest
delight ia making little book nlarke
on perforated paper, 10 give 10 her
friends. 1t wasa tsstk for her moth
eF r. teach herunskiiied fingers, but
it has been a great blessing to the
child. simple as the lesson was.


Whatever helps 70 educate tiso
muscle Ia a right way. and train tllr
heart to loving thoughtful consider
alton Of others, is worth more than
gold to our children.
Year: 1872

There is nothing more distinctive
among women than the difference OF
relative age among Their. Two wo-
men of the same number of years
will be substantially of different ep
ochs OF life--the one wearied IL
mind, faded in person, deadened la
sympathy; the other fresh and
young, both in face and feeling, with
sympathies as broad and keen a.
they were in her first youth, and
perhaps more so; still as easy to b,
amused. as ready to love, and as
ready to learn as when She first
emerged from the school rOOm. The.
one you involuntarily suspect Of un-
derstating here age by half a dozen
years or more, when she tells you
she is forty; the other makes YOU
wonder if she has not oVerstated her
age by just as much when she laugh
ingly confesses to the same aye.
The one is an old woman, who
seems as il she hal never been
young; the other only 4 girl, who
seems as If she never would grow
old; and nothing is equal between
them except the number of days
each has lived.
Year: 1872

What can be a more wretcheu
sight than to sec a starving miscl
mortify without reiigienY-to sub.
nit to such voluntary hardships to
no purpose, and lose the present
without providing for the future.
Year: 1872

Reflect that sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connubial
happiness, Indeed without these the Journey ,eg
urospsct w hourly drkens to the visw the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filed with
the me 'ancholy reflection that the happiness OF


ad uit orr own
Year: 1872




P. Stewart, of the Mt. Lebanon Shakers,
communicated to the farmers Club OF
New York mode of protecting peach
trees from the grub which infests their
roots.


It consists of mixture of one peck un-
bleached ashes, one quart fine salt, one pint
flour of sulphur, four quarts bone meal OF
phosphate of lime, and two quarts fine sea
gravel.


He dug close around the roots of about
one dozen trees, some of them badly affect
ed with the grub, and put about pint oil
the mixture tight around the body. In
the spring he examined all the trees close
ly to which this mixture has been applied
and could find no appearance of grubs
about any of them, while one standing near
them in the same kind of soil, which was
missed, was found full Of grubs, and about
half teacup full of gum about the roots.
This is a cheap remedy, and easily obtain
ed, and it would be well if many persons
would experiment with it upon few trees.
In empirical compounds, which consist OF
several articles generally some of them are
inert. In the present mixture all perhaps,
may be active except the sea gravel. /
doubt if it is any more useful in this case
than it is upon the roofs of houses.
Year: 1872

We copy from the McMinnville Ne,U
Era a sensible article on the subject of
"Sheep or Dogs" written by a farmer
whose statement deserves consideration.
1t is disgraceful to the great agricultural
State of Tennessee that farmers have no
adequate protection from tame wolves
kept for no useful purpose. For great
many years New York farmers raised
twice as many sheep as were raised in any
other State. This result was achieved by
imposing a tax on all dogs in every county
to create fund to pay for all sheep that
dogs killed in the county. Where few
sheep were killed, the tax was very light !;
if many, the tax was in proportion.


This law operated well over forty years,
and is probably still in force. To avoid
the tax, the owners Of dogs have only to
put out of the way all that injure sheep.
During % years residence on farms in the
South, the writer has had two good f1ocks
of sheep, one in Georgia, and one in Ten
nessee, both of which were destroyed by
dogs This hostility to wool growing, and
attachment to worthless ours and hounds,
clothe thousands in rags, and make warm
blankets scarce in many log cabin. Ad-
vanced civilization prefers mutton to the
flesh of dogs, and wool to dogs hair for
comfort, or food and clothing Union and
AH1ericdn. 1--
Year: 1872

WASHtNGToN, Nov. 2O.-Thomas Frier-
man has been appointed postmaster at
Philadelphia.


Our member to Mexico, Mr.. Nelson, had
long interview with President Grant this
afternoon, relative to the condition of af-
talrs IN that country. He spoke in terms
of praise of the new President of that Re
public and particularly of his intelligence
and desire to preserve and strengthen the
friendship now existing between his own
country and the United States. There
seems to be no obstruction in the way of
concluding new convention and extend
ing the time for disposing of the remain
Ing claims before the United State and
Mexican Mixed Commission, which by linn
ltatlon Will expire under the present con-
Xentlon In February next It is stated that
the Mexican President desires an excuse
Ior sucn an extension and will appoint an
agent in good faith to carry out the desire
of the Commission in place of Mr.. Guz.
man, whose action in the proceedings were
some weeks ago interrupted. Preliminary
steps have already been taken for the new
Convention. Eat#
Year: 1872

every wear the question presents iSelf to the
charitably disposed, as to what should be done
for the amelioration of the condition of the poor
in our midst, who by sickness or other misfor-
tune need their aid, and who without charity is
extended towards them would suffer for the
necessaries of life. Winter is now upon us and
the issue must be met, succor extended and
want relieved. We learn that a collection will
be taken up at one of the churches next Sunday
for the benefit of the poor, which is most praise.
worthy and if an organized effort is made and
the work of relief systemized more would reap
TIE benefits than if those in need depend on lso-
lated and spasmodic efforts.
Year: 1872

IT has been stated frequently of late
that the use Of opium is becoming more
and more common in our larger cities. In
Boston the druggists have long lists Of
regular customers, and according to the
Globe, it is well known fact that there
are scores Of men Of letters, in the ranks
Of the clergy, the legal and medical pro-
fession, who do the greater part Of their
work under the influence Of this seductive
drug. For this fact two causes may be
named: the unpopularity of alcoholic
drinks, and the occult demands Of a high
civilization. But this ought to be borne
in mind by those who are tempted to use
this narcotic; it is almost impossible to
break of its use, and its continued use is
physical destruction.
Year: 1872

THE following lucid par agraph ap'
pears in the local column OF the Steuben.
vile Herald:


We have received the first issue OF the
Wheeling Democrat published daily. The
Democrat is little sheet issued as an
afternoon paper in the interest of Gov.
Jacob. Politics in West Virginia seem to
be in considerable OF a mix. The INTEL
LIGENCER which has with wry face
taken TO Grant and Wilson, endorses
Jacob, Democrat, for reelection. The
Register, Democratic, goes against Jacob
and prefers some other Democrat Cam
den. The Daily Democrat seems to have
been a political necessity, to fill a void
occasioned by the INTELIIGENcER's milk
and water Republicanism.


The logic of this is that to supply this
city with Republicanism it was necessary
to start Democratic paper exclusively
devoted TO the reelection ofa Democrat
ic Governor. There seems to be "a void''
in the brains department Of the Herald
that needs filling very badly. Even milk
and water would be q striking improve
ment on the present vacuum.
Year: 1872

IT argues badly in favor Of the New
Constitution as an instrument for the good
OF the tohole people when no better arg.
ument for Its defense can be produced
than that It is Democratic measure. If
It be partisan, the good people should vote
1t tdown.-GrGttOM Sentinel. sa u.
Year: 1872

THE Shepherdstown Register and Berke.
ley Union furnish confirmation Of all we
said the other day about the disgraceful
row in the CAMDEN Convention in Jeffer.
son county. 1t was q very melancholy
affair
Year: 1872

Upwards of forty thousand bottles of
NATURES HAIR RESTORATIVE were sold
from Jan Let to June lst, which fact tells
its own story. Its so clean, and looks so
nice that the ladies are all delighted with it.
See advertisement
Year: 1872

from lands end to lands end, that all may
read, and reading, believe, that for the
countless millions who are on the road to
an uusimsly grave With bilious complaints,
there is but one truly great aud reliable
remedy, and that is
Year: 1872

A Goosg SToRY.-A few days since mer-
chant on Pratt street received an order from
Norfolk for four live geese, but mistook the
order to be for four dozen live geese. lie ini-
n,ediatcly sent to the market and engaged Il
yender of the bipeds to furnish the geese in
time for the Norfolk boat, and about O'Clock
in the afternoon they arrived at his store,
their cracking arousing the whole neishbor-
hood. He Immediately set to work to pre-
cure crates to ship them in, but found that it
was too late for the boat. 1t became ncces-
sa1y for him to house the forty-cight cackleIs
until the next afternoon in one of the rooms
of his warehouse, where they kept up such a
noise as to annoy the whole neighborhood.
They were, however, dispatched to Norfolk,
and the moment they arrived telegram was
received inquiring why such flock of geese
and ganders had been sent, as only four had
been ordered.


On examining the order it was found that
ditto had been mistaken for dozen. The
matter was regarded as a good joke, ana
nothing more thought Of them until next
morning, when the whole flock, minus 1our,
were returned to the warehouse or the mel,
chant. and the usually quiet neighborhood
apain aroused bv their cacktng. What to do
With them was the question, and all hands
were kept busy explaining W aitAtol'' My ,,ri't
ries what it all meant Word was sent home
to know whether it was possible for the family
to dispose of the feathered, bipeds, and
answer received that couple would be sutfi-
cicnt. In the mean time the uproar that forty
four hungry geese were able to make re,
newed the excitement in a neighborhood
where live stock is not dealt in, and the mer-
chant was compelled to send for the old lady
who had furnished them to take them away
and do the best she could with them. Be
sides all the trouble and annoyance this ven-
turc in the feathered tribe netted a loss OF
some twenty dollars. baltimore -A1nerfcan,
Oh
Year: 1872

A Coon TurNG IN CASE OF FIRE.-A patent
fre-extinguisher Of remarkable efficiency was
tested at the Central Lunatic Asylum on
Tuesday before the Executive Committee OF
the Board of Directors Of the asylum.
Twenty dry barrels were haIf-filled and satl-
rated with tar and then ignited. When the
pile was in full blaze the apparatus was
brought into play and the fire extinguished
In less than a minute. The committee was
much pleased with the experiment. Colonel
Ordway exhibited the machine.
Year: 1872

PUBLIC TEMPERANCE NlEETING.-A public
Temperance meeting will be held this evening
at the Broad-Suect Methodist church under
the auspices of Harmony Division Sons of
Temperance. Rev. IT, l.. Burrows and other
sneakers will address the meeting.
Year: 1872

as criticism against the costly style
in which this stable is built and
equipped. Whether it is too good
or too bad for the President Of the
United States is not n question for
me TO discuss. My own ideas would
be in favor of having rs handsome
q stable for the Executive Mansion
as the present one, with residence
to correspond but what is com
planned of is that it was built and
paid for in violation Of law, when
there was no necessity for it, Con-
eress was in session and might
havo made tho appropriation. 1t
was not even asked to d. it. The
old stable might have been used
during tho summer while the
President was at Long Branch; and
Congress might have been asked at
tho next session for the appropria-
ton. 1t would no doubt have becn
made if tho facts warranted, but it
is not likely that 100000 would
have been given, and this is why
the effort was not made. 1t cannot
be many years before n new Exec
tive Mansion will have to be built,
and it is vcty certain that it will
not bo upon the site of tho present
building. Then, what becomes of
the $4,000 stable? And, as for
that, what will become of the Presi-
dent who allowed and consented
to, if he did not order, The erection
of such stable in deliberate vio-
lation of law and reason"


III. J, r..
Year: 1872

Farmers whohTeopy regard for COM
fort in their spring work, will see to it,
that the tools and implement they win
require be all put in good order now.
DO not delay this important matter IN
til the day the weather will permit you
to take the field. See to your harness,
that buckles straps, &c, are in good
trim, give them good washing with
soap and warm water, and then n good
oiling. They will last much longer and
be far more comfortnhln to yOnr horses.
Year: 1872

Placing the little hats all in row, Ready for church on the morrow, you know Washing wee faces and little black fists, Getting them ready and fit to be kissed; Putting them into clean garments and white That is what mothers are doing tonight. Calling the little ones all round her chair, Hearing them lisp forth their soft evening

 prayer.

 Telling them stories of Jesus of old, Who loves to gather the lambs to his fold {; Watching, they listen with childish delight That is what mothers are doing tonight. Spying out holes in the little, worn hose, Laying by shoes that are worn through the

 toes,

 Looking OCT garments so faded and thin Who but 8 mother knows where to begin? Changing button to make it look right That is what mothers do night after night. Creeping so softly to take last peep, After the littles are all asleep; Anxious to know if the children are warm, Tucking the blankets around each little form :; Kissing each little face, rosy and bright That is what mothers do night after night. Kneeling down gently beside the white bed, Lowly and meekly she bows down her head, Praying as only mother can pray, "God guide and keep them from going astray.