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Year: 1871

A NUMBER Of London editors, 1t is re.
ported, will visit the United States during
the present season, for the purpose of en-
larglng their ideas, as well as geographical
knowledge. Whether or not the man who
wanted to know whether they would OOS
the Rocky Mountains from New York, Is
to come along, Is not stated. II they make
the visit and are diligent, 1t Is more than
probable they will learn that tho Ohio
river does not empty into the Chesapeake
or the Mississippi into Hudson Bay-and
may even comprehend that the great
lakes are not wholly in Canada, Up to a
very recent date the London press was
illuminated with some very profound
geographer, whose errors were too comic
for belief; but the war set them TO posting
Year: 1871

THE RECUPERATION OF THE SOUTH
Much has been said Of late about the
South and It's rccuperation. Some wri.
ters affect To take very gloomy view Of
the situation, and claim that the prospects
for the future are dark We have never
sympathiZcd with these despondent
reasoners. The South Is slowly but sure.
ly recovering from the terrific consequen.
Ces OF the war She will be controlled
and her destiny inevitably fixed by her
material interests. She Is growing in
prosperity and productive power. In
proportion as this progress goes on will
the malignant demagOgues los0 their
pOwer.-FIndncial Chronicle. n..
Year: 1871

NEW YORK, June H.
The President has been officially noti-
fled that the young Russian Grand Duke
Alexis will visit this country about the
lst ofSeptember. The fleet which Is to
convey his Imperial lIighness to these
shores will land Mt the port ofNew York
Several Of the prominent citizens Of the
metropolis have undertaken to give n re.
ccption TO the royal visitor in keeping
with his high dignity and that Of the
Empire State.
Year: 1871

A MrcHraAS editor has just given up
the sanctum for the pulpit He thinks II
is easier to fight the one devil at which a
minister levels his arrows then the thou
sands which an editor is obliged to con
tend with.
Year: 1871

The Washington correspondent of the
Boston Post says that Chief Justice
Chase has pronounced in favor Of the
vallandigham platform, and will vote the
Democratic ticket II he Is in Ohio at the
election.
Year: 1871

l would say that in 1858, l took four
bushels of dry hen manure, turned Il in
the barn floor, took common fail and
threshed il to a powder; then took
twenty-five bushels of muck that had
been dug eighteen months, spread it
on the barn floor and thoroughly mixed
it with the hen manure. A single
handful Of this compost was put in the
hill, aud the corn dropped upon it. I
had splendid field Of corn. Planted
one row without the compost. That
row could be distinguished all through
the season, being about two weeks be-
hind the rest of the field, aud finally it
never did catch up with the rest.


believe if farmers that keep from
twenty to thirty hens would save all
the droppings aud compost ID the way
as above, or in some better way, instead
of buying fertilizers as many at the
present day do, it would be very much
more to their advantage Cor. New
England Farmer.
Year: 1871

An old lady recently died at the
Caxton County Iufrmary, who, it is
stated on reliable authority, had attain
ed the remarkable age of cne hundred
aud nineteen years, and was doubtless
the Oldest person living 10 that section
OF the country She was born in New
York and emigrated to the West some
time previous to her admission to the
in6rmary. Very little is known of her
early history, as since her connection
with tbe infrmary tho old lady has
been in her second childhood and en-.
tirely unable to give any intelligible
account of herself Uutil within the
last three weeks she has been able to
walk about the place, aud was always
remarkably active and lively for so aged
person. She had attained her second
sight," and was able to see to her last
days without glasses. Her health has
been remarkably good, aud she took to
her bed three weeks since without com.
planning of being sick, neither was there
any indication of disease to the last,
and she died literally of old age, her
life going out like candle burnt to the
socket II The entry upon the record is
correct, Mrs. Jackson was born in the
year 1852, aud was therefore one hun.
dred and nineteen years old at the time
Of her death.
Year: 1871

Encke's Great Comet is now on its
way towards the perilhelion, which it
will reach in January next. This comet
will be telescopically visible some months
previously, but it is not an object of
special interest to those whose vision
is upaided by instruments. This comet
is principally of interest because its
period of revolution has diminished to
about the extent Of three days in the
past eighty years--a fact which is gen.
orally accepted as furnishing the best
proof Of the theory that the regions of
space are filled with material "ether"
capable of retarding the motions Of the
bodies composing the solar system.
Year: 1871

BE OF Coon CHEER.--There is a
bright future forsll who have energy aud
determination. No matter how humble
their present position, if they will only
set their shoulder resolutely to the
Wheel of Life, it must revolve aud turn
up future comfort.
Year: 1871

A few short months ago, my dear,
Before we two were one
You vowed to do so many things,
That now are never done.
You said, when home from daily toll
came with aching brow,
Your hand alone should soothe its pain
1t never soothes II now.
You said you would no burden be,
And dress as means allow;
But what with silks, and rings and things
You do not do SO now.
You used to sacrifice yourself,


And to my wishes bow,
Allowing me to have my way
You never do so now.
You used to sing and play and smile,
And gush can't tell how;
You won my heart, / grieye to say
You never gnsh so now.
l mind the moonlight nights when
Was moved to hear you vow
A Joy 'twould be TO die for me
Why don't you do so now2
Year: 1871

If there Is n reasonable degree Of truth
In either or both versions Of the testimO.
ny taken by the sub.Ku.Klux Committee,
the social and political condition of por.
tions Of North and South Carolina Ia
about as uncomfortable as in any part Of
the civilized world and the lnlamies Of
slavery, the horrors of the Rebellion, and
the troubles Of reconstruction are now
being supplemented by a series Of con.
flicts bordering closely on civil war.
Year: 1871

Reflect that u sound mind and body are the
most necessary requisites to promote connubial
happiness, Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage, the
prospect hourly darkcns to the view, the mind
becomes shadowed with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness OF
anothi' is blightcd with our own.
Year: 1871

b0 The Sharon (Pa.) Times says: ' A
number Of our young ladies have banded
together for the purpose Of rcclaiming
those young men who have become adict-
ed to the too free use of ardent spirits.
Each morning they send bottle of pure
fresh buttermilk to each victim, aud it
together with the kind word that accom-.
panics it is doing more than dozen tenn.
perance organizations. At first they send
q very small bottle and increase the size
as the victim becomes accustomed to the
beverage"
Year: 1871

Honor TIE ScIssoRs.-Some people il
norant of what good editing is, imagine the
getting up of selected matter to be the ca
siest work that is done on paper. If they
find the editor with scissors in hand, they
are sure to say, "Eh! that's the way you
get up original matter, eh !" accompanying
their new and witty questions with an idi.
otic wink or smile. The facts are, that the
interest, the morality, the variety and use,
fulncss of paper depend. in no small de-
gree, upon its selected matter, and few men
are fully capable of the position who would
not themselves be able to write many of the
articles they select. A sensible editor dc.
sires considerable selected matter, because
he knows that one mind cannot make so
good paper as five or six.--American
Newspaper Reporter.
Year: 1871

In the pockct.book of Hon. Stephen
Allen, who was drowned on board the
Henry Clay, was found printed slip, ap.
parcntly cut from a newspaper, Of which
the following is copy. 1t is worthy of
being put in every newspaper and engraved
on every young mans heart:


Make few promises.


Always speak the truth.


Keep good company or none.


Never speak evil of any one.


Live up TO your engagements.


BE Just before you are generous.


Never play at any game Of chance.
Drink no kind of Intoxicating liquors.
Good character is above all things else.
Keep your own secrets if you have any.
Never borrow ii you can possibly help it,.
DO not marry until you are able to sup
port wife.


Keep yourself Innocent ifyou would be
happy.
in the face.


Make no haste to be rich. if you would
prosper.


Ever live (misfortunc cxccptcD within
your income.


Save when you rcyouns to spend when
you are old.


Avoid temptation through fear you may
not withstand it,


Never run in debt unless you see way
to get out again.


Small and steady gains give competency
an1 tranquil mind.


Good company aud good conversation
arc the sinews of virtue.


Your character cannot be essentially in
jured except by your own acts.


Never be idle; if your hands cannot be
employed usefully, attend to the cultiva-
tion Of your mind.


Read over the above maxims thought.
fully aud carefully at least cnce week.
Year: 1871

T In California there are eighteen or
twenty native species of birds, more or lass
noted as songsters, and some Of the species
have many local varieties. The erroneous
notion that the State was meagre in bird
life, aud especially singing birds, arose
from the fact that the carly routes Of travel
lay chiefly over nearly treeless plains, where
few birds remain in the long dry season. 4
Year: 1871

IxcoMrnEuENs1sLE.-We are informed of a
railroad freight operation which. if as stated to


us, may rest on principles Of equity or may be
dsnfensible, but ii SO we have not yet been able
70 zee it in that light. We give the facts as we
received them: A Colfax firm wished to make
shipment by rail from point in Iowa to Colfax.
They we're informed that their freight must be
billed through to Sacramento. To this, with as
good grace as possible. they assented, but on ar
rival at Colfax were willing and anxious to un-
load and thus save the company the burden Of
transporting their freight fiftyfour miles further.
This they were not permitted to do except on an
additional payment of local rates for an imagina-
~ transportation of their cargo back to Colfax
from Sacramento. Thus in this case the ship
pers were compelled to pay 1892 in gold for
tightening the train to the extent Of some forty
tons. We would be glad to hear some explana-
ton that would make this transaction look less
arbitrary and oppressive.-Stars and Stripes.
Year: 1871

MILLINERY AND DREssMAKING.-We direct the
attention of our readers to the advertisement of
the millinery and dressmaking establishment of
Mrs. Mcclellan, adjoining Musical Hall, Auburn
Ladies and Misses will find it profitable to ex-
anime this stock of elegant goods, and latest
patterns and styles to be found in the market.
Year: 1871

Social DANcE.-A social dance and supper
will be given this, Saturday, evening at the
Stone House, one-half mile below Auburn, by
Pedro Salgado. We learn that splendid sup
per will be prepared for such us desire to feast.
Good music will also be in attendance, and a
social, orderly and pleasant time will be enjoyed
by oil attending.
Year: 1871

In THE FIGHT. The editor of the Nevada
Transcript was at Sacramento and in the
Senatorial fight. lie wrote a long letter to
his paper on Monday, in which he gives our
Placer chaps this dig under the belt:


FELTON, and Cole were checked, and they fell
back upon Hale of Placer. petition was sent
to Placer and circulated by Yule, imploring the
Placer delegation to come over to Hale, and on
Sunday, Ell. Craig, Selkirk and large delegation
came down, hoping to make Hale n prominent
figure in the contest. But he cannot get his own
delegation. The Cole and FELTON, factions are
so small that they cannot help him and he can
not help them, and stands as much show as the
man who holds one ticket in the Kentucky gift
enterprise for prize
Year: 1871

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ALFALFA IN THE HlLLs.-A thoughtful
farmer residing in the low hills east of Lin
coin sends us the following letter under the
above heading, which we think treats of a
matter of Importance to the farmers in those
low foothills


EDITOR OF THE HERALp:-I have taken
some trouble to inform myself as to what
would probably be the best kind of grass to
cultivate in the red hills and small valleys
in this section of the country, but shall now
only speak of Chile clover or alfalfa Within
the past year have visited several counties,
and putting together all have seen in cult
waited pasturage and hay, Chile clover has
my preference. | have seen it in Yolo county
in all the stages of its growth, FROM its first
appearance above ground, and in full bloom.
In Yolo have seen five crops cut from the
same piece of land the same season. What
the yield of each crop per acre was cannot
tell you exactly. but the hay cocks were So
close together that a wagon could only clev-
erly pass between them. am satisfied that
these low hills will produce it and perhaps
better than in Yolo county. as we have fully
twice the amount Of rain here that they have.
l believe that if properly cultivated alfalfa
in this section will produce twice the amount
of hay to be had from any other crop. So
well convinced am of this fact that am
now preparing to seed down ten acres in al
falfa this season aud give it a fair trial. If
any one has tried this alfalfa in these
foothills and my neighbors would be clad
to read the result in the HERALD. J.O.
Year: 1871

The Prince of Wales, heir to the throne
of Great Britain, has been dangerously sick,
balancing between life and death for the last
ten days. The latest dispatches give faint
hope that he may recover. The whole king
dom has been excited over his condition.
Year: 1871

DAILY PosT. This is the title of a new
daily published in San Francisco, and edited
by Henry George, an able writer. 1t is
sold for one cent per copy and is spicy and
interesting sheet.
Year: 1871

The latest instance of the rehark-
able sagacity of animals is that of a
Boston store eat that improves every
favorable opportunity to abstract a
five-cent nickel piece from the money
drawer, which it carries in its 1nouth
to a neighboring butchers shop, and
drops on the counter, receiving in
return the wherewith for "square
mealr of fresh beef. We admire such
q cat as that one.
Year: 1871

An affecting incident related by an
exchange is that of lady who actu-
ally wept her sight away within two
weeks after her husband had been
Killed by railroad accident. What
a story those sightless balls tell of a
!" woman's wonderful love-"
Year: 1871

We are afraid our friends of the
Iberville Neps have become father
"pufed up with pomposity"' that
they should express dissatisfaction
with the compliment which We paid
their Journal upon the occasion of its
enlargement. When we expressed a
hope that the Nems might attain a
rank second to no country Josr.aal in
the State, we meant in point of 'aircu-
lation and public patronage. 1t al
ready holds that rank as regards
ability.
Year: 1871

1t strikes us that the only clains the
New Orleans organ of the Gus tom-
house faction can have to the prefix
of " National is that the money for
its support virtually comes out OF the
National Treasury.
Year: 1871

Our people are too widely inclined to
shun the quiet ways of productive labor,
and try to thrive in the crooked paths
of speculation and needless traffic. We
have deplorably few boys learning
trades, with ten times too many anxious
to get into business "-that is, to de
wise some scheme whereby they may
live without work. OF the journeymen
mechanics now at work in this city, we
Judge that two-thirds were born in Eu-
rope, and the disparity is steadily aug
menting. One million families are
trying to live by selling liquors, tobacco,
candy, etc., etc., in our cities, who could
be spared therefrom without the slightest
public detriment; and if these were trans
ferred to the soil, and set to growing
grain meat, wool, etc, or employed in
smelling metals, or weaving the fabrics
for which we are still running into debt
In Eurape, our country would increase
its wealth at least twice as fast as now,
and there would be far less complaint Of
dull trade and "hard times. Henry
Ward Beecher.
Year: 1871

love, and there is abundant proof of the fact


IN the writings of the evangelists; so that we


may be assured that the one is perfectly consis-


tent with the other. m


Manly Christianity is needed for the world s
salvation because effeminate Christianity has
thus far failed 1t has been weighed in the bal
ances and found wanting. We must be true
to God and to His word whether men will hear
or whether they will forbear. There must be
no letting down of the standard Of Christian
duty and morals among u.s. And when we
come up to the full measure of the Gospel we
shall no longer have men pious in the church
and mean on the street. nor women gentle and
meek in the prayer.meeting but scolds and ty-'
rants at home, For ourselves we may say that
we believe that here in this land there is being
noprished and strengthened that manly type Of
Christianity which is permeating the nations
of the earth and is causing the thrones and the
kingdoms of the Old World aud the New,
which have existed for centuries upon fraud
and deception, to totter and to fall The words
OF Christ and the influence Of American Chris
tianity weigh more and 60 further day in di-
rectng and shaping the goyerlments and leg
islation OF the earth than ever before The
greatest and the grandest sight which we can
imagine here is to see Q band of manly men In
whose hearts Christ rules supreme doing man
ly work for Him, and it will be found to be a
universal rule that suah men are the most pop
ular In the church and in the world Would
that We had more Of them in our city and in
our land.-M Y Herald 9t >5 u
Year: 1871

Every intelligent, progressive farmer, takes
paper. This is fixed fact 1t is to be
hoped, too, that he has half dazen journals
of one sort or another, coming every month !;
but however that may be, when he reads them
over he often says: Now, wish I could re-
member this item, and put it in practice next
season. [ believe will cut it out and save it
somewhere. He does cut it out and puts it
into his vest pocket, or between the leaves of
book or in some odd, out-of -the-way place,
where there is little chance of his ever seeing it
again.


Now, when he cut it out, he took a step in
the right direction. Why did he not go a little
further, and paste it into scrap-book Then
it would have been permanently saved, and
very convenient for reference. Preserving pa
pers in files would save all the articles, but few
would ever take the trouble to look all through
them for some point they wish to read over
again, It would seem too much like looking
for the proverbial needle in the hay-mow


The scrap-book gives you the very cream of
your papers There are usually only few ar
ticles in each one which seem to have been
written expressly for you, and you do not care
to save those belonging to everybody else.-
You do not care to read the columns on bee
keeping, when you never owned a bee in your
life but probably your neighbor takes moro
interest in that department than any other. 1t
is the beauty of good paper that it has some
thing in it for every one.


The house mother can never buy us as good
receipt book as she can make by carefully
saving the useful receipts and suggestions she
meets with in her weekly paper. The book
should have simple classification the re-
ceipes for cooking should be placed by them
Selves those for general house-work may be
placed In another part of the book-the same
for directions on gardening, care for children,
&C.


Such book is great means of economiz-
ing in the course of year. Just the right
thing in the right place, often saves dollars of
money and dollars worth of time and trouble
Just such hints and directions we meet with
from week to week In every good paper. and it
is the carrying them out into practice that
makes the difference between the thrifty, sue
cessful farmer, and bis opposite. Of course if
they are forgotten they cannot be put into
practice. The mind, unless it has been severe
ly disciplined, is apt to hold knowledge much
as a sieve does water. 1t needs many helps
TO make the memory useful. The very act of
cutting out the slip and pasting it in is great
help toward recalling it; and if the details are
forgotten. there is the article itsef-you can
turn to it readily Thus you can benefit by the
experience Of hundreds Of people you have
never seen. but who have kindly noted down
their own success or failure in the various de-
partments in which you are most interested.
Year: 1871

The origin of the tune of Dixie was as fol-


lows: A young man of Pittsburg, Pennsylya-
MIA, was good musician, but rather frolicsome
| Having spent his all, he had to rely upon his
musical education for support As negro-lov-
ing fanaticism was for years before the war the


ruling sentiment of the Northern masses, the


young fellow wrote number of negro songs


ihese had no similarity with the thoughts or
language of the slaves on the Southern planta-


tlons; but being in doggerel rhyme, and the
tunes being musical aud plaintiye they had
great run.
When the musician would write one of the


negro melodies, as they were absurdly call
ed, be would sell it for good sum, which last
ed him to spree on for a while When il
gave out, he would write another, and in this
way he frOlicked away several years
I. All these compositions contained fanaticism
more or less plainly developed. Those in which
It was obvious to all, never found their way
South, but were sung at all the meetings of the
abolition societies. Those in which the contra
band sentiments were somewhat concealed,
found their way to our section M


1t Is IN doggerel, and at first sight seems a
string OF nonsense But such it is not for
silly asst appears to be- it contains within itself
the whole plot of John Brown and of the Thad.
Stevens fanatics. 3tt'-


1t represents slave that had run away to
the North, returned seized his masters plan
tatlon, had taken his stand in Dixie's land"
was resolved to fight for the property he had
seized, defend it against all claimants and ''to
live and die in Dixie" Slavery was allego.
rized by 'Johnny's pig that lived in clover
but when he died, il died all over.''


All of these sentiments were enclosed in a
mass of eibberish, supposed to be the language
of Southern negroes; but the parts we have
quoted were plain enough to be understood by
the abolitionists, and the consequence was that
the song became very popular with these fanat-
les. 1t was the opening song at all the abo-
litlonist gatherings, edition after edition was
called for and its author kept up his spree for
six weeks, when he found whiskey too strong
tor him, and was carried to drunkard S grave.


The people of the South failed to discern
the object with which this negro song was writ
ten, and it became equally popular with the ul-
ira people of this section as it was with those
of the other.


The name of "Dixie" was coined by the wri-
ter of the doggerel lines. No one ever before
heard of the term being used to express the
region on the Gulf, to which it was applied BY
the author.


The air is plagiarism, being nothing but
a lackadalsical Scotch tune arranged to double
quick measure, as any of our readers skilled in
music can easily see to be the fact, if he will
take Dixie and play it to its original time
Norfolk Journal
Year: 1871

A peddler calling out an old lady to dispose
of some goods, inquired if she could tell him
of any road on which no peddler had travelled,
as he would like to speculate a little with some
old spectacles." EYES," she replied, 1.-THE
road to HeaVen'