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Year: 1876

A writer in the New York Herald
states SOME facts about how horses
should be shod, which are worthy the
consideration of blacksmiths, and
farmers as we'll :


Most of the horseshoers of the cour-
try prepare the foot, fit a shoe and Sc
cure it to the hoof in the same man
ner that wood butcher fits shoe to
an old wood or OK sled. The me
chanism of q horses hoof is one of the
most wonderful and in genius struct-
ures that can be found in all the
works of the Creator. Beneath and
in the rear of every foot there is a
frog, which is a tough and elastic pad
for preventing injury to the animal
whenever he plants his foot on any
hard substance. Large rolls of cylin-
ders of india rubber are placed be-
meath railroad cars to prevent injury
to any part of the Car or to the cargo
with which it is loaded. The frog be
meath the foot of a horse is designed
to sabserve similar purpose. But
the manner in which most horses are
shod, lifts them up, as it were, OF
short stills, so that the frogs cannot
perform their appropriate functions.
If we look carefully at young horse
when he is trotting or running, it will
be perceived that every loot il
brought down to the ground in such
manner that the frog receives the
powerful '6low. BY this means al
injury to the animal is avoided
Science teaches us to permit the troe
to develop and expand downward. But
most blacksmlths seem to think tina
the al-wise Creator made a mistak


when he*formed the .houfs of horses
Hence they fall at the frogs with red
hot burning irons, with edge tools ant
with any other appliances that will en-
able them to remove this extraneou
excrescence. IllustriOus ninnles
Why not shave all the rough, adipos
tissue beneath their own heels, am


leave the bare bones to rest on plate
of iron inside of their own boots ar
Year: 1876

Fashion kills more women than toll
and sorrow. Obedience to fashion ia
a greater transgression ofthe laws Of
woman's nature, greater injury to
her physical and mental constitution,
than poverty and neglect. The slave
woman at her tasks will live and grow
old, and see two or three generations
of her mistresses fade and pass away.
The washer woman, with scarce a ray
of hope to cheer her in her tolls, will
live to see her fashionable sisters die
all around her. The kitchen-maid is
hearty and strong, when her lady has
to be nursed like a sick baby. 1t is a
sad truth that fashlon.pampered wo-
men are almost worthless for all the
ends of human life. They have but
little force OF character; they have
still less power OF moral will, and quite
as little physical energy. They live
for no great purposes in life; they
accomplish no worthy ends. They
only doll forms in the hands of
millinery and servants, to be dressed
and fed to order. They dress no.
body; they feed nobody they bless
nobody, and savenobody. They write
no books they set no rich examples
of virtue and womanly life. If they
rear children, servants and nurses do
all, save to conceive and give them
bjrth-and when reared, what are
they7 What do they amount to, but
weak scions of the old stock Who
ever heard of fashionable woman's
child exhibiting any virtue or power
of mind for which it became eminent? =?
Read the biographies of our great,
good men and women. Not one Of
them had a fashionable mother. They
nearly all sprang from strong-minded
women, who bad about as little to do
with fashion as with the changing
cloud.
Year: 1876

Boldly determine to begin married
life with small means. If you are on
ly content with a brown.stone front,
four stories, on fashionable street,
with everything to correspond, then
you have the disease already, and
need severe treatment Immediately
to save you The heart has nobili-
ty of its own, and does not have to
beg it of some one else, will find an
upper room in side street the very
paradise of domestic love, and if ac-
quaintances fall off because of the
humble home, will thank God that it
has been delivered from so many
worthless tempters. 1t will find de-
light in the practice of wholesome
economy and in the cultivation Of
those virtues which have the fairer
growth in sheltered places. "Bat
who will consent to be my wife in
such conditions 2 Certainly none Of
those young ladies cf New York who
are trained by parents to be utterly
useless and wastefully extravagant,
brought up to consider 1t vulgar to
know that there is kitchen, lounglng
away time in novel reading and frivo-
lous gossip, and allowed to purchase
everything their whims demand.
Thank God, there are some who are
preserved from the deflement. Seek
them out. They are jewels worth
digging for. But if you cant find
any such, go 70 the country engage
the hearty affections of a sound-mind'
ed-country- girl and establish your do
mestic kingdom on an independent
basis, free from entangling alliances
with silly world Extract from
sermon to young men, by Rev. How
ard Crosby, D. d.
Year: 1876

Erect or MIS- speech In ~. Charles Parish
ss the lDth August.


A grand ratification meeting OF the
Democratic and Conservative citizens oi
this parish was held on last Saturday
evening In the beautiful and'shady pecan
grove above the plantation OF +. A. Lu-
ling, Eco, and WAS one OF the most sat.
isfactory meetings our people have had
since the reorganization of the Demo.
cratic. Conservative party OF this parish.
Many colored citizens were present, and
we understand were highly pleased with
the moderate and conservative views a.
expressed by Hon. Louis A. Wiltz, our
candidate for Lieutenant Governor, and
have made up their minds to help him
at the ballot-b box next November to drive
out Of power the corrupt party that has
been 80 long sucking out the very life.
blood Of the people.


Mr.. Wiltz told our colored fellow citi-
zens the truth, and they went back to
their homes wiser and happier men. he
told them that no power could again
enslave them. or deprive them OF their
rights and liberties equal with every
other citizen In this country, no matter
what may be the color Of his skin he
explained to them that they had a per-
feet right to vote for the party Of their
choice, and that no one could deprive
them OF that right; that they must aid
crusade OF reform: that they suffer
equally with others from the vile and
corrupt party that now govern the State.
and that they would be equally benefit
cd by a change.


Mr.. Wiltz will be long remembered In
this parish. The people, both white
and black, wish to hear him again. He
Ii doing good work In Louisiana. He ID
the man for the whole people, and is
worthy Lieutenant Governor for the
gallant Nichols. Weekly Mirror.
Year: 1876

BAD FOR REV G. ID. C.-We regret
to see the passage of the character OF
Rev. Goldsmith ID, Carrow was arres-
ted in the Phila Conference and re-
ferred to committee. The charge is
that of going into houses of no good
report. His defence will be that us q
detective in the post office department
of the Government he went in pursuit
of his business. The morals of the
whole is that IN lnisters should net be
carried away with the extreme OF po-
litics and then seek Governmental Of
fees that require DISCUSSES and ulti-
mately may be dismissed from office
to make way for some relative OF the
heads of the post office department.
Year: 1876

ORDER NO. 3.


The clubs now being organized under
various names, under the auspices Of the
Democratic party, are congratulated upon
their energy, discipline and patriotism, ,and
as part of the militia Of the great party of
freedom, must set such an example of
good order and civic conduct, as befts free
men combating for the preservation of
their rights.


To this end we look to the officers of
the various clubs; rigid discipline, and
prompt dismissal of any member guilty Of
its slightest breach. The contest we are
engaged in, is one in which we rely upon
the power of thought alone, and hence
deprecate the slightest evidence Of force on
our part. The custom of the "Bird Guards
"Boys in Blue" and other organized clubs
of the Republican party, carrying arms
while parading through the streets of a
community where LAW is absolutely su-
preme, is an incentive to disorder and
breaches Of the peace, which cannot be toe
strongly censured. 1t is therefore ordered
that no member Of any Democratic club be
permitted to carry firearms of any kind
while on duty, and any member offending
against this order, is to be summarily dis
missed from the ranks, for disobedience
We invoke and demand from the masses
of our party their accustomed tolerant for
bearance, of even offensive Republican
demonstrations, always bearing in mind
that HE WHO COMMITS ANY CRIME GIVES
STRENGTH TO THE ENEMY. We look tt
you, and expect that while you are the sol
diers of liberty-you will at the same tim'
be magistrates Of order.


God save the Republic.


JOHN OByRNE, Chairman
J. Henry Publ, sec'y.
Year: 1876

ELOOR STAIN-We have just prepared by
Il our new recipe large supply OF the above
useful and popular article. 1t render; the moor
slightly and attractive in appearance, beng OF 3
rich, dark walnut color. For stairwsys halls
or the floors of rooms it is desired to keep un-
csrpeted during the summer season it is espe
cially adapted 1t is prepared already for I'M
mediate use, will dry hard and firm in the course
OF few hours, and can be applied oy any one
with brush or sponge. We are permitted to
refer to number OF our customers who have
used it with entire satisfaction. Shipped to the
country in any quantity desired. Sold by the
pint or gallon ~,


apl7 JANNE1 q w
Year: 1876

The better to retain important facts in
the memory, am ever fond of reducing
the principles of good farming TO brief
maxims and rules, COMPRISING into sin
Gle short sentence the gist of many
mage. thus / carry about the mental
pabuIum TO be digested at the handle of
the plow or hoe. The following are some
of these prin ciples


First-The farmer who would succeed
well, and derive pleasure as well as profit
from his calling, must manifest an active
and abiding interest in his vocation. it
takes heart-work to make hand-work
pleasant


Second-The farmer must study how
best to increase and maintain fertility to
his soils. There is no inertia in agricul-
ture. There must be progress, either
forward or retrograde


Third-The farmer must strive to in
crease Inequality as well as the quantity
of his crops. 1t is the quality that de
termines the price. In this excelsior"
should be his unvarying motto.


Fourth-The farmer must seek with a
watchful eye to improve his market ia
cilities. 1t is transportation that eats
up the profits.


Fifth-The art Of raising better stock
is not as well known as it shoul be.
Keep no more animals than you have
the facilities to feed and care for well.


Sixth-The farmer must seek to i'm
prove his social, intellectual and finan-
ciai condition.
Year: 1876

The strength of the German navy has
been increased by the launch at Stettln'
OF another torpedo vessel called the
UhIan. This is the second vessel OF the
kind which Germany possesses, the
Zeltden having already been constructor
in England but the latter vessel Is oil a
different type from the Uhlan, the tor
pedo being discharged by mechanical
force from the mouth of cannon pro-
iecting from its bows. The Uhlan carries
Immediately under its bows TORPEDO
which will explode within the vessel at
which it is directed, and the force OF the
charge of dynamite which will be ex-
pIoded by the collision is calculated 70
be sufficient to blow the other vessel to
pieces, though the torpedo itself is ne
bigger than a football The most re-
markable point in connection with the
ship is the enormous power of its en-
gfnes as compared to the vessel ITSELF
They are one thousand horse power
when at high pressure, and take up so
much room that there is little space lett
for the coal-bunkers and berths OF the
officers and seamen. This unusual
proportion of steam power has been
given in order that the vessel may oe
able to travel through the water very
rapidly.
Year: 1876

recently met a lady who told me
some of the hardships of the printing
bureau of the treasury department.
That bureau is just under the roof oi
the building. These warm, sultry days
the heat is overpowering. AT tue close
of the days work a printed sheet was
missing. As money it wasvalueless, and
therefore could not have been stelen.
Five hundred employees were kept until
seven o'clock in the evening without
food, and nearly stifled, until the miss
ing sheet was found where it never was
lost. There was fear and consternation
;n-many families that long, hot after
noon. for those who had been detained
three hours had families dependent upon
them. and could not know what hsd nap
pened. If any are sick or a moment ia'e
in reporting in the morning, even aiter
sucb an occurrence their pay isdeoucteo'
That printing bureau is harsher ser
vitude, more grinding, more tyrannical
than southern slavery ever was. OF, what
;s lust as bad, New England factory life.
Refined, high-bred ladies, however, are
forced through dire necessity to accept
positions in this wretched place.
Year: 1876

The recent suicide at Lafayette, Ind,
of one Moore, for horrible ingenuity has
rarely if ever been excelled in the an
mails of self murder. The poor wretch
made his preparation in every unique
way, and displayed an amount of inven-
tive talent which would have accom-
plished immense results if it had been
applied to legitimate mechanical Pur-
pose. Since quietus can be made to
ones life with a bare bodkin, it will
strike most persons that the Indiana
farm hand put himself to good deal of
trouble with his ingenious machine for
head-cutting. His trouble, however,
secured absolute certainty in the opera
ton of his machine. The AK was sus-
pended in such manner that 1t was
sure to fall in certain direction at a
certain time. He placed himself in the
path of its decent, so that there could be
no possibility of avoiding its edge, either
by voluntary or involuntary motion.
Where the ak would strike, he placed a
Year: 1876




was shot and he was wounded. His horse
fell into the river near the opposite bank
Of the ford, and to help himself up the
steep bank Hodg4on caught hold of
horses tail and had got up the bank,
when an Indian shar1-shooter picked him
off. Clusters packs were with the rear,
and the Indians did not get any of them
Neither did they get any mules. Most
of Clusters horses were shot in the action,
and l do not believe the Indians got
over one hundred animals by the fight


TORTURE AND MUTILATIoN


think some of our men were captured
alive and tortured. / know the colored
scout Isaiah was, for he had small pistol
balls in his legs from the knees down,
and | believe they were shot in him
while alive. Another man had strips of
skin cut out of his body. Hordes of
s1uaws, and old, gray-haired Indians
were roaming over the battlefield howl
ing like mad. The squaws had stone
mallets and mashed in the skulls of the
dead and wounded. Many were gashed
with knives and some had their noses
and other members cut off. The heads
of four white soldiers were found in the
Sioux camp, that had been severed from the
trunks, but the bodies could not be found
on the battle field or in the village. Our
men did not kill any squaws, but the
Rees Indian scouts did The bodies of
six squaws were found in the little
ravinc.


NUMBER OF THE INDIANS.


] think the Indian village must have
six thousand people, and fully
three thousand of whom were warriors.
The Indians fought Reno first, and then
went to fight Custer, ter which they
came back to finish Reno. The same In
1ians were in all the attacks. ! think
the Indians were commanded by Sitting
Bull in person. There were eight or nine
other chiefs in the field.


SCENE OF THE SLAUGHTER.


The correspondent of the st. Paul Pio-
neer Press, who was with the rescuing
column of Col. Gibbon, consisting of five
of rihemen, four of cavalry,
and the Gattling battery, in all about
eight hundred men, thus describes how
he found things when the command
reached the battlefield between Custer
and Reno and the Sioux Indians:


The morning of the 26th brought in
telligeDce, communicated by three badly
Crow scouts, of the battle of
the previous day and its results. The
story was not credited, because it was
not expected that an attack would be
made earlier than the 9th, and chiefly
because no one could believe that force
such as Custer commanded could have
met with disaster Still, the report was
in no way disregarded. All day long
the toilsome march was piled, and every
eye bent upon cloud of smoke, resting
over the southern horizon, which was
hailed as a sign that Custer was success
full and had fred the village. 1t was
only when night was falling that the
weary troops lay down upon their arms
The infantry had marched twenty-nine
miles. The march of the next morning
revealed at every step some evidence of
the conflict which had taken place two
days before. At an early hour the head
of the column entered plain half mile
wide, bordering the left bank of the Little
Big Hern, where recently had been an
immense Indian village, extending three
miles along the stream, and where were
still standing funeral lodges, with horses
Year: 1876

\ TRAGIC ghost story comes from New
manstown, Lebanon county, Pennsylva
mia. Two young ladies were returning
home from fair in phaton with a
young brother OF one of the ladies as
driver. It was about eleven o'clock at
night and the road was dangerous. While
passing through a raviue known as
Ghosts Hollow, the driver says he saw
an unearthly white object, which
frightened them all, suddenly spring on
the horses back, driving it at terrific
pace until the phaton was dashed to
pieces against stone bridge. One of
the young ladies was instantly killed,
and the other is now at the point of
death
Year: 1876

| saw Lieut.. Mcintosh soon after he
fell. He had his horse shot under him
early in the action, and at the time he
was killed he was riding soldiers horse
He was shot on the river bank while
riding back to the ford.
Year: 1876

; wounded were reported dying for want


of water, and good many soldiers vol


unteered to go to the river to get some


or perish in the attempt. We were
| fighting on the bluffs, about seven hun


dred yards from the river, and ravine


led down from the battlefield close to


the rivers edge. The men had to run


over an open space of about one hundred


yards to get into the head of the ravine,


and this open space was commanded by


the Indians on the bluffs. The soldiers,


about fifty strong, dashed over the open


plateau and entered the ravine. They


rushed down it to the mouth and found
it closely guarded by party OF
Indians posted in the timber across
the river The water could be APP
preached to within about thirty
feet under cover; but then one had to
step out on the river bank and take the |
Indians fire. The boys ran the gantlet
bravely. Some would dash down to the |
river with camp kettles, fill them and |
then take shelter in the bend oL..the RAJ
zine, hs-I-s--.-thss sssfisf wT1ose can I
teens were filled and carried up the hill
Before all the men and wounded were
supplied, Que man was killed and six or
seven wounded in this desperate attempt
One man had the bone of his leg shat
tered by ball, and it has since been am
phtated.


About two o'clock the Indians began
lrawing off, but kept skirmishing until
ate in the afternoon, and near dusk all
lrew off. We now got water for the an
mails, many of them being almost dead,
nd they were put out to Craze on the
Hillside.
Year: 1876

forgot to state that about ten o'clock
in the forenoon, and soon after Benteen
made his charge, the men began to
clamor for water. Many of them had
not tasted water for thirty-six hours,
and the fighting and hot sun parched
their throats. Some had their tongues
swollen, and others could hardly speak.
The men tried to eat crackers and hard
tack, but could not raise enough saliva
to moisten them. Several tried grass,
but it stuck to their lips, and not one
could spit or speak plainly. The
Year: 1876




National colored convention was in
session four hours to-day The atten.
dance OF spectators, both white aud col
ored, was very large, the galleries and
lobbies ST tho house OF representatives
being packed to their utmost capacity.
The committee on resolutions not yet be-
ing able to agree, the proceedings were
unimportant except two speeches from
Pinohbaok and Smith of Alabama.
Pinchbaok did not take the new depart
ure anticipated but his speech had a
strong flavor of independence. He said
that the colored people were beginning to
think for themselves, and would never
again vote the republican ticket in solid
column as heretofore. lie said the south
could never prosper while party lines
were race lines, He wanted no more
colorline party politics, hut the division
of parties on other than race lines.


Senator Smith followed Pinchback,
making powerful speech in favor of the
new departure. He advised that the
blacks no longer remain in the republi.
can party, but make terms with their
white southern friends, and he earnestly
recommended the colored people to vote
for honest and competent men, without
reference to party. The speech made q
profound impression, and was recaived
with great applause by whites and blacks
Theae is a strong element in the conven-
ton in favor of this departure, and eau
cussing is very hot.
Year: 1876

Having received many letters from
friends 10 different sections Of the state,
soliciting me to become candidate for
governor, and finding it impossible to re
spond directly to each one. avail my
self of this method of making a general
reply to all. " ~ #8se


After mature consideration, and learn
ing that my old friend, the present dis
tinguished incumbent, will uot be can.
to make the race, and accordingly an
nounce myself as candidate, sebject, of
course, to the action of the next demo-
cratic conservative convention.


take this occasion also to say that
have been led to this determination not
through any selfish desire my part for
office, or from any undue estimate of my
own personal merits or abilities but
solely through desire to serve my friends
and willingness to respond to any dc
mand that may be made upon me to serve
the public


l have no hope, wish or desire in life
that is not bound up with the honor and
prosperity Of my state, and the happiness
and welfare of my fellow citizens; and il
it should be their good, pleasure to call
me to the high distinction and RESPONSE
BILE positioa Of chiet magistrate Of the
state, ! need offer them no better pledge
of my administration ofthe office than is
to be found In the record of my past life,
hich is open to the inspection of all,
and which l can proudly though honest
ly claim is without blot or stain person
ally as well as politically


have the honor to be, with much re-
spect, your obedient servant,


THOS FLETCHER.


Little Rock. March %, 1876.
Year: 1876

A machine for shearing sheep is Cal
itornia invention. 1t facilitates the work
immensely. makes the operation less dis
agreeable for the animal. and will prob
ably be great helper in the large sheep
raising districts,