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Year: 1873

why the Farmers are SO foor


In Lynn, money is tight when tn


boot and shoe trade is Gull, for ther


they make only boots and shoes.


In Iowa, money is tight when III


trade in the products of the farm j


dull, for only when the crops are i


motion to market have We anything


to sell for money.


The crops this year do not move


and the farmers are wondering wber


the money will come from to pa,


their tax, and business men are ever


day coming closer 70 the vortex.


Such times were never seen in thi.


country before. We have gaiIy nd
den high upon a false prosperity fol
many years, while the corporations
were getting sander hOlds,' and now


we are thrown.


The mining and manufacturing cor.
porations have it so arranged with
the Congress Of the United States
that by tariff there is legislated TO
their cotton and wooden goods, iron,
coal and leather, an artificial profit


Say the duty on iron is So per ton
that amount is the artificial profit
poured into the iron-master's pocket
over and above the natural profit on
his production.


But whence comes the farmers arti-
fetal profit Where is the Congress
which can legislate to his corn, wheat,
oats and pork, and cattle an artificial
value? There is none. His produce
sells at prices as low as before the war,
while every thing be buys, by opera
ton Of the tariff, is at war price.


A farmer would cheerfally sell his
pork at 50 IS or So 90 per hundred if
cotton and wooden goods, salt and
other articles which he buys were
at proportionste rates, but they are
not. So farmer comes to town and
puts two loads of potatoes on his feet |
in the shape of his winter boots. III
he stays over night he will eat load
of oats His wife wears five acres of
wheat, and the children each ten acres
of corn, and are not very warmly clad
then. For an overccat he wears
good tour-year-old steer, and if he
sports Sunday suit it is in tie shape
of at least twenty head of fat hogs.
And on top of that his farm bears a
mortgage that is worse than hard.pan
TO the soil, and the annual tax rots
into his roof worse than rain


He must eat and wear, and from
the small price of his produce must
pay to the manufacturer the artificial
profit which the tariff puts upon his
goods, while the profit which the far
mer should realize goes to the railroad
for carrying his crops to
market.


Should We be asked the process by
which this state of things has been
reached, we could only answer that it
is by our Congress, courts, and legis-
lature making moneyed corporations
of all sorts, supreme and superior to
the people.
1t was not so once. There was
time when the people were supreme,
but that time is gone.-LODa Csty
Prsss.


I'VE give the above as what we
regard very heavily overdrawn pic !
ture. If such state of things exist
,ut in Iowa we would advise the poor G
armers of that region to emigrate to J
Hancock county or Wood county, or
'ome of the score of equally good J
counties in Ohio. If the Press would N
sndeayor to build up manufactures at q
lome in order to drwn population u
o consume home products it would
be doing the farmer a better service
han by grumbling at the tariff. Eds.
JETF. a
Year: 1873

II we were going TO write an agri


cultural axiom whith we do not re


member to have seen writteu,i it shoul,


be- No man has any right to be a far


er who is not in love with the busi


moss, Ore might put it in this form


"Eo man can be a model farmer who


does Eot love his business" The


truth, is, no man can succeed as he


ought TO in any business If be does


not take pride in it and prosecute ii


con aDpOre We never knew farmer


to be thrifty, tidy about his premises,


owning good stock and raising large


crops, who dId not try to gsin-hay.


who did not derive p.ea4ss IRON tae
ever changing andconstantly recurring
phenomena of farm life.


Fall in love with the bust. .ess, young
man, if you would be a successful and
notable farmer. The farm should be
made not only 4 source of revenue,
but the canvas on which you are TO
produce your ideal picture of an
earthly paradise. The artistic nature
of the man may be developed and
may develop itself as well in the en-
semble of the farm as if the man were
simply a painter. And this may be
done without any sacrifice of practical
and pecuniary results for the artistic
qualities will develop system, order,
symmetry, and adoption where ordi
narily there is chaos and a dissipation
Of force instead of a concentration OF
it in the execution of a purpose or
plan.


Love OF the business will stimulate
he use of every resource available in
'rder to attain the highest results No
armer who is proud of Lis vocation
md enjoys the discharge of its duties
AN reman ignorant I; nor can he neg
ect to avail himself of all possible cur
ent information tending 10 increase
lis power to produce and TO diminish
he. cost of prodsction. Such a man
will find no time to lounge at the post
flee, the hotel, or the corner grocery,
nd talk politics or scandal with his
eighbors. His plans for beautifying
nd improving his home, or for pro-
noting the fruitfulness of his soil, will
evelop faster than he can execute
hem. Every step be takes On his farm
ill bring him a suggestion. Every
ew view he stops to enjoy, will sug.
est other possibilities. Every exper-
nent will suggest another, and each
iscovery will open broader field for
Iquiry Such a man will laugh at
lose who whine about the isolation
farmers; his resources will never
il.
Year: 1873




1t is, indeed, a truism, that those who
are blessed with good teeth are rarely
ever sick. 1t would be surprising to
many if we could state in detail all the
ills which bad teeth entail upon the
human family. Then save your teeth
early attention to them will keep you in
good health. By neglecting your teeth
other parts of your system become dis
eased through sympathy, and this sym
pathy is produced through the medium
Of organic impressions.


/ hope to be able to condense few
facts, which if properly noted will benefit
every one; and of course | am not
without the hope of fee or reward
And whilst l have for many
years, and at present enjoy good
degree Of the patronage Of the good cit
izens of Memphis and vicinity, yet if |
can, by honest effort and faithful service
commend myself to you to a grateful
extent, and thereby increase my useful
ness, the alarming extent to which the
deterioration of the human teeth are tend
ing is the incentive which.prompts me to
issue this circular paper, hoping to ben
eft some one, as we'll as myself. The
manner in which some good meaning
people go about having theirs and their
childr EN- as well as the teeth of those
dependent upon them treated, is often a
source of i'll rather than benefit. The
services of dentist is frequently Sc
cured from personal considerations
rather than from known skill, expert
ence or ability Approach your dentist
on the score Of skill and ability, and the
result in the future will be fruitful. A
more appreciative legacy could not be
bequeathed to the young than regl-
lar, sound and healthy set Of teeth, with
the knowledge of how to care for them.
Early attention to your teeth will insure
comforts, blessings, health and untold
enjoyments throughout your life on
parfh
Year: 1873

| would like to establish the value of
the natural teeth, and If parents and
those who have the control of children
would but take the pains to impress
their minds with the fact that the nat
ural teeth are very valuable, the work
necessary to preserve them through life
would be half accomplished. The true
value of our natural teeth have been too
little considered by the masses. The
first tooth that makes its appearance is
of quite as much value in the economy
of nature as any other subsequent tooth.
An early loss Of the teeth produces con-
traction of the jaws, and thereby robs
the human face divine Of that rotun;
dity of beauty which natures God


had purposed TO endow it with. The
question then arises, how can the teeth
be retained in the jaws2 The first step
in this important acquisition is 10 cleanse
perfectly all the surfaces of the teeth
at stated periods, beginning in child
hood and ending only with this life.
When the teeth become diseased by de-
cay or other causes, have it corrected at
once, and make it part of your busl-
ness III lllS W udNo gOhi bSCbh eseOANSe
to ere tits toe late. Carries, or decay Of
the teeth, rank FIRST in frequency and
destructiveness. 1t has been the bane to
human happiness, and is so common 10
our time and country, that it is, indeed,
seldom that we see any one Of adult age
who has escaped its ravages. The evil
is upon us, and We must meet It with the
very best armament We have. II is to
be remembered that the real and priuci-
pal science and art of dentistry is to
preserve in tact the natural teeth. De-
cav Is occasionally found on the outside
in the enamel, but in most cases il


makes its attack right under it. The
points most liable 70 decay are the
aproximal edges between the teeth or
he grinding surfaces, and the nee ks
near the gums. Decay commonly WORKS
lie way toward the pulp or nerve OF the
tooth, and into il; this should never be


allowed. The color Of decay Faries


much, and often decsives those not is,
miliar with its sppesrsuce--it u Of All
shades, from q Jet black 70 = snowy
Year: 1873

The first teeth come through the gums
in about the following order; The first
tooth about the sixth month Of age, and
an average Of one tooth for each month
thereafter until twenty teeth have made
their appearance in the jaws-ten in the
lower and ten in the upper jaws re-
spectively. 1t is noticeable fact that
children's teeth are never crowded--the
pressure of the lips and tongue, by their
constant action against them, will bring
them into the proper place, even and
regular. If there is sufficient room, ma
ture will do her work we'll.
Year: 1873

EDITOR HERALD - The Star and
Express, while they commend the re-
cent message of the Mayor to the
Common Council, except to suggest
ion contained therein respecting the
expense of lighting the street. .4n sasi:


The Express says: "We are aware
of only one proposition in which We
would take issue with the Mayors
conclusions, and that is in his views
upon the responsibility OF only such
Of the citizens rs are Immediately
benefited by the street lights In front
Of their property, to be taxed for the
same" It is evident the writer of the
foregoing did not read the message, as
1t does not advance any such propo-


The Star says: "The ground taken
by the Mayor in the matter Of lighting
the streets is not consistent. The same
argument may be used in reference to
any municipal necessity. The light
ing of the public streets Is for the pub
lie good and should be paid for out of
the public fund. You might as con-
sistently impose school tax upon
those who have children, and except
those who have none."


II the public streets are to be light
ed, there could be no question but that
the cost of so doing should be paid by
the public fund. Rut 1 do not under
stand that such Is the intention or de-
sire Of either the Star or Express.
, Neither do I believe that the people of
Los Angeles would pay any school
taxes, II Ouly the children Of those
parents who live on Main street were
suffered to attend the schools. l would
not ask the Star II the construction of
sidewalks is not for the public good as
we'll ass the lighting Of the streets.
And no hue and cry has been raised
against that great inconsistency of
compelling the expense to be borne by
the adjoining property.


cannot perceive why 1t Is consist
ent to make property on Jefferson and
Chaparal streets pay for lighting Main
street, and exempt II from paying for
the sidewalks on the latter streets. Ii
/ rightly understand the propositions
of the Mayor, they are that the light
ing of some Rortions of the streets Is a
general benefit, but that the benefit IL
greater to that portion Of the city
which is lighted, than to that which is
not, and therefore the property along
those streets that are lighted should
pay something additional In compen-
sation for the greater benefit 1t re-
ceives. JEFFERSON STREET.
Year: 1873

m The tide Of immigration Is steadily set
ting In, and the first thing eastern people do
is to throw away their New York Hats and buy
a new one Of DESMOND. They say there Ia no
comparison between the two. .
Year: 1873

AN HOUR DAY.-There was lad who,
at fourteen, was apprenticed to soap dealer
One of his resolutions was to read an hour
day, OF at least al that rate and he had an old
silver watch, left him by his uncle, which he
timed his reading by. He stayed seven years
with his master, and it was said when he was
twenty-one he knew as much as the young
squire did. Now let us see how much time he
had to read in, In seven years, at the rate of an
hour day. 1t would be two thousand FIVE
hundred and ffty-tive hours. which at the rate
of eight hours day, equal TO three hundred
and ten days, equal to forty-fye weeks--neafly
years reading. That time spent in tieasurins
up useful knowledge would pile up yerv large
store.
Year: 1873

for Ladies' and Gentlemen,
Fashionable and Neat Fitting Boots and Shoes
made to order and warranted. well selected
STOCK OF Machine Sewed Boots Shoes and Caters
lust received, which will be sold at very reasonable
Repairing will be done neatly and durably.
Year: 1873

Hour arrangements for supply OF these GOODS
being made with the MANUFACTURERS DIRECT,
and as we are under no extra Expense for the sale
OF them,


WE ARE ENABLED AT ALL TIMES,


to offer the TRADE great inducements
IN JARRETT, IN QUALITY AND IN PRICE,
Year: 1873

Roman orange to yellow lake. The
belts vary greatly in number, form and
extent, while processes OF disturbance
are constantly going on. Immense riits
open in the vaporous masses, black spots
come into view, and all observations
seem TO confirm the theory OF the ac'
ton Of intense heat around the surface
Of the planet.


Saturn presents n view TO the tele-
scope observer more charming and I'M
pressive than that Of Jupiter, His ring
system makes him the most interesting
OF the planets. while his family Of satel-
lites raise him TO the dignity Of a sun.
His family Of satellites is as large as
the suns family Of planets, and his ring
is now considered 10 be composed OF
myriads of minute satellites circling in
intertwining orbits around their mighty
primary. The colors observed on Sat.
urn are as beautiful as those on the
nearer and larger planet, but his greater
distance makes them appear faint and
smooth instead of dark and rugged


Saturn's ring is divided by distance
of two thousand miles, the inner portion
being wider and brighter. Several other
divisions also occur in the ring system,
one of them dividing the outer ring near
the middle. But the divisions are not
black, neither is the great dark division;
for when the shadow of the planet falls
across il, there is marked contrast be-
tween the intense blackness OF the
shadow and the merely dark color OF the
division, showing that something beside
empty space occupies the division be-
tween the rings. Within the inner ring
lies the dark or Grape ring, through
which the body of the planet can be seen,
presenting the appearance of Grape veil
ing but not hiding the view. This por-
ton of the ring system is supposed to
consist also of minute satellites, more
widely separated than they are in the
bright rings, and it is between them that
we catch glimpses Of the planet.
Year: 1873

From the Pail Mall Gazette.l


An instance Of clever and success.
ful attempt on the part Of prisoner to
regain his freedom occurred the other
day, when the French transport steamer
LOrne was lying at the port Of Mel
bourne, Victoria, with five hundred Com
munist prisoners on board, destined for
the penal settlement Of New Caledonia
On the night before the departure OF the
L'Orne one Of the prisoners, named
Michael Serigne, at dusk got over the
side Of the vessel, and hanging in the
portauvans waited until Z when, drop
ping into collier, he lay concealed
among the Goals until a.. He then tied
his pocketbook and papers in his hand
kerchief to keep them dry, and lowering
himself over the side OF the lighter,
swan TO the stern where boat was in
tow. Cutting the rope with his knife,
and hanging to the portion Of the rope
which remained, he drifted into the
bay with the boat until about 300 yards
from the vessel, when hearing cry and
thinking an alarm had been given, he
loosed his hold of the boat and struck
out in the direction Of the lights on the
Sandridge shore. After swimming for
about three.quarters Of an hour he
caught the cable Of n vessel and rested
there for nearly an hour in state Of
exhaustion. He then started again for
the shore at about midnight, and after
half an hours swim get safely to land.
He walked from Sandridge boldly into
Melbourne, believing, as he told a coun-
tryman who warned him that he was in
danger Of being arrested, that having
once touched English soil " he was free.
Serigne is now, according to the Mel
bourne Argus, at liberty in the colony,
and subscription has been raised by
his sympathizers for his benefit.
Year: 1873

The Philadelphia Base Ball Club has been
knocked about so severely. of late, that it be-
ginsto look as though it would not be the Cham
pion, after ALL The Boston Club is very close
b,hind it now, in the showing for the season.
Year: 1873

We are an interesting, but withal
an unmanageable troop of children,
when my father diversified the mo-
notony of our lives. after four years
of wild 'werhood, by bringing home
his second wife.


I, Helen, the eldest of a family
Of five, was just twelve years old
when this blow las we chose to con-
slider it) was dealt to US. For four
years we had lived an easy life in
our home in a midland county-;aa
life that was Independent of all
system, of all authority, and l am
almost inclined to think now, in
looking back upon it, that it was
independent of all property too.


1t was in February; the earth
was few degrees less iron. bound
than it had been for several weeks
previous A few flowers were
cropping up, and altogether things
were looking brighter. W e adorn-
ed the occasion by dressing our
selves as prettily as we could, half
expectant of some young and love-
" woman, and Madge put snow
drops and primroses in such an ar
t.stic .iuxtaposition that no one
thought of finding the arrange:
ment cold AID pale. . -


I believe all. our five little hot
hearts beat thickIv, painfully, when
we heard the carriage that brought
them home, stop at the door. For
nv own part, I would have liked
nothing so we'll as to feel myself
able to fling myself into my fath-
er's arms and say 'Dear. papa,
though I'm your clever little
daughter, I wish you a muchness
of happiness, I do, though you
have set some one above me-"
/ However a foolish something re-
strained me-. and'I only went out
with the rest in orderly procession.


The bonds of orderly procession
would have been hurst with impa'
tience if they had been five seconds
more coming into the house. Our
father was just the same; to our
unbounded surprise marriage had
mot made him one whit wiser or
more foolish lin appearance) than
he had been before. His hair was
no blacker and no ,grayer. His
face was no tatter and thinner. He
still spoke as if he saw the ghost
of a possible joke after his accas'
toned manner. There was nc
change in him. That it should be
: so was odd to our unsophistlcateo


minds, but we accepted the fact
and were thankful for it,.


AS for our step-mother, his wife
words cannot express the anxiety
and curiosity with which we look
ed upon hel as she came into the


light of the hall. I saw Madge
the beauty-lover of Our family
; start hack disappointed; and ther
T remembered mvself as the eldes
Miss Levton. and vert forward ant


tried to be attentive.


The thing. though, that struct
, US most about her was the wa.
. she greeted our brother Ted, as w
f called him. $50 this is you
Year: 1873

They have arrested Mr.. Apple
gate out in Nebraska merely for
having three wives. stealing a horse
forging note and setting fire to a
barn! IF Nebraska is going to al
low a man absolutely no liberties
at Al how docs she expect to at
tract immigration to her shores?
Year: 1873

Whitefeld and a pious companion
were much annoyed one night at q
public house by set OF gamblers in
the room adjoining where they slept
Their noisy elamor and horrid BIAS
phemy so excited Whitefield's abhor-
renee and pious sympathy that he
could not rest.


"I will go to them and reprove their
wickedness," he said. His compan-
ion demonstrated in vain. He went.
His words of reproof fell apparently
harmless upon them. Returning, he
laid down to sleep. His companion
asked him rather sharply: .s,.


"What did you gain by it ?''


"a soft pillow" he said patiently,
and soon fell asleep.


Yes, soft pillow is the reward of
fidelity, the companion of clear con-
science.


1t is a sufficient remuneration for
doing right in the absence Of all other
rewards. And none know more truly
the value of soft pillow than those
parents whose anxiety for Wayward
children is enhanced by q conscious
ness of neglect. Those who faithfully
rebuke and properly restrain them by
their Christian department and relig-
ious counsels can sleep quietly in the
day of trial.


Parents, do your duty now, in the
fear Of God, and when old age comes
on, you may lie down on a soft pillow.
fTrain up child in the way he
should go, and when he is old he will
not depart from it.n -zrrs
Year: 1873

Let the person whose name you
wish to know inform you in which of
the upright columns the first letter
of his name is contained. If it be
found in but one column it is the top
letter, if it occurs in more than one
column, it is found by adding the al
phabetical numbers of the top letters
OF these columns, aud the sum will be
the number of the letter sought. BY
taking one letter at a time in this
way, the whole can be ascertained.
For example, take the word Jane. J
is found in the two columns COM
meneing with B and 81, which are
the second and eighth letters down
the alphabet; their sum Is ten, and
the tenth letter down the alphabet is
], the letter sought. The next letter,
A, appears in but one column,


where it stands at the top. n
is seen in the columns headed B, d
and H; these are the second, fourth
and eighth letters of the alphabet,
which added give the fourteenth, and
so on. The use of this table will ex-
cite no little curiosity among those
unaequainted with the foregoing ex-
PLANTATION.
Year: 1873

A colored man living on MalcomI
street, in Detroit, having long ad-
mired a colored widow living in the
next block above, but being afraid b
come out boldly and reveal his Pas-
sion, went to a white man Of his ac-
quaintanee the other day and asked
him to write the lady letter asking
her hand in marriage. The friend
wrote, telling the woman in a few


brief lines that the size Of her feet
was the talk Of her neighborhOod,
and asking her If she could not pare
them down a little. The name Oi
the colored man was signed and he
was to call on her Sunday night for
an answer. On Monday the writer OF
the letter met the negro limping along
the street and asked him what the


widow said. The man showed him 3
blood-shOt eve, a scratched nose, q
lame leg and q spot on the scalp
where a handful OF wool had been vi
olentIy jerked ont, and he answered
in solemn tones: i'She didn't say nuf-
I'm, an I Didn't stay MORN a minute"'
Year: 1873

Among the feathered creation the
eagle, the raven, the swan and the
parrot are said to be eentenarians.
An eagle in Vienna died after a con-
finement of ia years, and pair of
ravens in Shelborne have fixed their
residence in an ancient oak for more
than ninety years.