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Year: 1870

Most farmers will insist that the
earlier oats can be sowed, in the spring,
the heavier will be the crop of grain.
If the soil is in good state of cultiva-
ton, and is not too wet, and the season
should prove very favorable one, after
the ground was plowed and the grain
put in, there would be An advantage in
putting in the seed as soon as practical
be, in early spring. On the contrary,
if the soil were not underdrained, and
were not in q good state of cultivation
and heavy storms of snow and
rain should fall, after seeding
which would inundats the soil
and cause it to run together like
mortar, one could not reasonably ex'
pect mole than half a crop; and, indeed,
the soil could not produce more than
half as much as it would, if the ground
had been plowed after those heavy
storms bad fallen. If the soil wers
Plowed after the heavy spring storms
bad fallen, it would remain much more
fria6le and mellow; aud the grain
would vegetate Immediately, and con.
tinue to grow rapid ~ until fully ripe.


Ihe chief objection in sowing spring
grain too early is, the liability of the
SOILS being beaten down by heavy rains,
oelore the roots have spread much in
the soil. Every good farmer knows
now dlfhcult it is for roots of any kind
OF grain to spread in compact ground.
III the soil is not warm and mellow, of
course the crop cannot be as good as it
osnerwlse would be. II land is nstu-
rally dry, or if it has been drained, it
Wlll usually be better to put in barley,
oats, spring wheat, and rye and fax
seed, Is soon as the soil is in condition
to pulverize satisfactorily when plowed,
Indian corn and some other kinds oi
grain are often put in too early.
Year: 1870

A LETTER is said to be in existence
containing statements injurious to the
reputation of Governor BULLOCK, of
Georgia. We would like to see that
letter, and know how the reputation of
BULLOCK can be injured.
Year: 1870

The steamer Smidt, which arrived al
New York yesterday in 46 days from
Bremen, reports that she was obliged t6
make a passage south Of Bermuda in
consequence Of her engine breaking
down, which took twelve days to repair,
She had success from hurricanes for the
first twenty days and since had light
winds and fine weather. When her
machinery was repaired it could only
be run at half speed.
Year: 1870

To General Buffers remark that
respectable members of the press can as
easily be distinguished from the bad
ones as rascally lawyers from respec'
table members of the BAR" the Tribune
rejoins, "more easily we hope" for
"there are some rascally lawyers who,
after a long life of wrong. doing, are
still classed by most people with the
honest men of their profession" In
the language of Captain CUTTLE, the
meaning of this remark depends upon
"hit's duplication" 1t is to be hoped
General BUTLER will not take it as pei
sonal.
Year: 1870

THE Missouri Legislature has adopted
an amendment to the Constitution oil
that State, striking out the word
"white" and restoring the ballot to the
rebels. Our impression is that this
amendment will be submitted to the
people of Missouri without the inter
vention of another Legislature, the
process of constitutional amendment
differing in that State from the rule in
West Virginia. We observe that some
of our State exchanges have fallen into
the error of supposing that the FLICK
Amendment will be submitted to di
rect vote at our next State election. 1t
cannot, under our Constitution, be voted
upon without the sanction of the next
Legislature. So unless a special cleo
ton be previously ordered it cannot be
passed upon by the people until Octo-
ber 1871. If thus ratified, every male
citizen in the State, save minors, pau
pers, insane persons and those convicted
of crime, will vote at the election OF
1872,
Year: 1870

February 18th, is7o.


The remarkable success which attended our
negotiation ofthe Loans OF the CENTRAL PAcrnc
RAnRoAD COMPANY and the WIsrEKS Pacific
RAILROAD COMPANY, and the popularity and
credit which these Loans have maintained In
the markets, both in this coantry and Europe.
have shown that the First Mortgage Bonds OF
wisely,loSated and honorably managed Railroads
are promptly recognised and readily taken as
the most suitable, safe ard advantageous form
of investment, yielding more liberal Income
than can hereafter be derived from Government
Bonds, and available TO take their plaos


Assured that, in the selection and negotiation
OF superior Railroad Loans, we are meeting
great public want and rendering . valuable
service-bOth to the holders of Capital and 10
those great National works Of internal improve.
meat whose intrinsic merit and Substantial
character entitle them TO the use Of Capital and
the confidence Of investOrs-we now offer with.
special confidence and satisfaction the
Year: 1870

In few days we shall have in Washing
ton some of the widest and most warlike of
the Indian chiefs who have kept up hOstilities
on the Plains during the last few years. There
will not only be the great Red Cloud himself,
but there will be the fierce Spotted Tail, beside
Fast Bear, Swift Bear, Yellow Bear, and other
war-chiefs of the Brule Sioux. In coming to
Washington they will meet Gen. Parker, who
is the first full-blooded Indian that has ever
become high civil functionary of the Govern
ment, and distinguished white officials like
Grant and Sherman, who arc familiar with In
dian warfare and affairs on the Plains. We
wish they could also have met at the same
time number of the military officers who are
in immediate command of the region inhabited
by the tribes which these chiefs represent-such
officers as Gen. Sheridan, Gen. Hancock, and
Gen. Pope. There would have been an advan-
tage in having negotiations conducted at the
seat of government between the "Bg Chiefs"
white and red, who have for years past been
carrying On hOstilities, which were recently
about to be renewed on a large scale, but the
renewal of which will now, we hope be pre-
vented.


1t is but ten days since the head of the In
dian Bureau at Washington gave it as his

opinion that we should have an extensive war
on the Plains this Summer. Those tribes i'm
particular known to us as the "SiOux" had
given indications of unusual activity. We
knew that they were suffering under acknOwl-
edged wrongs, and that the white settlers near
their hunting grounds had aggressive designs,
which would certainly stir up their feelings
of revenge. The War Department began to
prepare for hOstilities by sending all our
available cavalry west Of the Missouri; and
several Governors in that region had expressed
desire to raise volunteer regiments for active
service. We dreaded this war, because we
knew it would be expensive, injurious, and
bloody When, therefore, we see some of
the leading "Sioux" chiefs, whom we had
most occasion TO fear, coming forward
voluntarily to enter upon negotiations
for peace, we have especial reason to
rejoice That these chiefs should, under the
circumstances, put themselves in our power,
trusting to our good faith, is fact that
greatly increases our respect for them, and
should insure them full measure of con-
sideration and Justice. We trust that Presi-
dent Grant himsclf who is thoroughly familiar
Year: 1870

We are glad to observe that Mr.. Latin is
after The Globe again, and that he has secured
in the House the passage of resolution OF
inquiry as to the expediency of providing for
the further publication of the debates in news
paper form. The Committee which is to make
the inquiry already knows that the sum annually
spent On The Globe is money thrown away.
Nobody ever reads it. The daily papers oil
over the country, from New-YOrk to San
Francisco, publish all that is important. and
good deal more than is necessary, of the de-
bates in Congress. The speeches of members
are issued in pamphlet form, which answers
all the political purposes. The distribution of
Tie Globe does not add one thousand to the
circulation which the Congressional debates
otherwise have without expense to the Gov
ernment. The expenditure for this useless and
cumbersome machine is enormous. Let it be
saved to the country after the expiration of
the existing contract
Year: 1870

The very tender and touching memorial
celebration of Margaret Fullers birthday, yes
terday, in Boston, will reach thousands of
hearts among our best and most earnest
throughout the whole country. The rooms of the
New-En gland Woman's Club in fremont place,
were appropriately selected for this occasion.
Her personal friends met there to do honor to her
memory and recall the sweetness of her friend
ship, while her portrait looked down upon them
from the walls of an apartment devoted to the
interests and welfare of woman. One by one
those friends told their "reminiscences of that
gifted woman, and recalled her noble senti-
ments and her severe devotion to Truth. When
at length letters written by her to friends, not
intended for publication, but instinct with her
warm and generous life, were read, it seemed
as though Margaret Fuller herself lived again
in her words and was present among those
whom she loved so well.
Year: 1870

The House spent good deal of time yesier
dov in the attempt to find out whether Mr.
Brooks was ever Know-Nothing, and we
regret to say that the mOmentous question
remains after all one of the problems OF his
tory. 1t is true that the distinguished Nj. Z.
voted for the candidates of the party, and
defended their principles in his newspaper, but
he does not wish it to be inferred that he ap-
proved either the one or the other. AS for
the voting, he would support anything in
opposition to the Republican party, and the
newspaper articles were only some of his fun.
The great misfortune of Mr.. Brooks is that
his fun and his earnest are so very much
alike that people never can tell them apart.
For instance, it seems that his prolonged years
of agony on the subject of Roman Catholic
cncrOachments were all joke, and his speech
the other day on the subject of cOIsets was
probably solemn earnest.
Year: 1870




W. onnoupced q few days ago that the mem
bers of tl,e Roo4x Committee of the Methodist
Episcopal Church had been secretly sllmmoneu
from all tbc pa,ts of tie country to investigate
the conduct of the Junior Book Agent, the
Rev. DR.. Lanahan, whose name Is lamiiiar "
the public as the originator of the recent III
yestigatiOns into the administration Oh lhe
Bool, Concern. The whole American press, WIN
prObabIy less than dozen exceptions, refected
tbe Opinion of the country at large, that there
had clearly been some irregularities in the adj
mipistratiOn of the Book Concern, and that
tbe man who discovered them had deserved
well of his church. But number OF gentle
men who for years have held prominent po-
sitons in the Book Concern were OF dlffereht
opinion, and brought, in turn, serious charges
against DIR. Lanahan. In what these charges
consist we have been unable to learn; from
vague statements made in some papers, we
infer that he was specially accused OF over
bearing conduct and incompetence. At all
events, the charges were deemed OF sufficient
Importance to call for special meetinS OF
the members of the Book Committee, Who i've
scattered in all the States OF the Union, In
order to dispose of the matter. According 10
the opinion of the opponents OF Dr. Lanalan'
which in many private circles was freely dis
cussed, the guilt of the accused was so evident,
and the sentiments of the majority OF the
Judges were so well known i'll advance, that Ills
immediate suspension was regarded as fore
gone conclusion. 1t was also expected that the
suspension would be pronounced before any
body was aware of the meeting Of the Com
mittee.


The article in TIE TRIBUNE on Thursday
the first one of the New-IOrk press to call
attention to the subject--excited considerable
surprise. 1t was followed by articles in other
papers on the next day, and it was ascertaned
that the editors of all the leading papers In
the city had very decided opinion on the
subject, and would speak out strongly upon
the announcement of the Committees decision.
How far this knowledge has influenced the
majority of the Committee we cannot say; but
we learn that majority judged it best, under
the circumstances to adjourn to next October.
It is also reported that one or several Oh
the chief instigatOrs of this whole matter had
in the meanwhile been informed that dOcu-
mentary proofs of some of their own acts,
which would establish something quite different
from Overbearing temper and incOmpetency,
were ready for publication. But however this
may have been, the members of the Com
mittee, we understand, have resolved to do
nothing, go home, and await the regular meet
ing of the Committee in October. Whether
this important result will increase the general
confidence in the business capacities of the
Book Committee remains to be seen.
Year: 1870

The Army Appropriation bill, as submitted
in the House, appropriates about $3,Oo0,OOO less
than the War Department asked for. We
shall be disappointed if the debate does not
result in further considerable reduction. In
view OF the prospects of peace at the West,
and OF the further reduction of the army by
the bill, upon which Conference Committee
is now at work, the expenses of this burden
some department ought to be lessening greatly
with each successive year Of peace.
Year: 1870

Dr. Hammond, it appears from bis card in
ahotnef column, was engaged by the counsel
lor the defense in the Mcfarland case to give
the remarkable testimony lately reported;
Dut he was not paid 10 large a fec
as rumor had accorded him. Tho
facts only illustrate the chaotic copdi-
ton of our system Of Jurisprudence. with
reference to this grave class of cases We
have here physician engaged by the counsel
for a prisoner to prove him insane, certain that
his evidence will not be used unless it sus
tains that view, and yet cannot be used IN
subserve the interests of justice on the other
side; we have prisoner acquitted on that
evidence; and we now have the physician de-
claring that the acquit and liberated prisoner
ought to be straightway confined again, and
making no secret of his own opinion that
he might have been hung, on the avowed
ground that he was not so insane as not to he
responsible! We shall have no escape
from monstrous anomalies like these till
we can have the question of in
sanity considered entirely apart from the
question of guilt for the crime charged, and
by different and competent Count.


Meantime we invite attention to the care
full review of Dr. Hammond's testimony given
in another column by another medical cypert.
Year: 1870

The House declines to adopt the Senate bill
to enforce the XVIII Amendment. A Commit
tee of Conference has been ordered, and we
doubt not it will agree upon a bill which will
prove acceptable and effective. 1t should not
fail to secure measures looking to the protec-
lion of The ballot-bOx.
Year: 1870

coon and then with the Mikado, against tho
cruel prosecutions of the poor Christians which
nave been carried on for years past. We have
no doubt determined protest from the Treaty
Powers would have had an effect,
Year: 1870

What Is more mysterious than q
blush +? that single word, or look, or
thought should send that inimitable
carnation over the cheek, like the soft
tints of summer. sunset. Strange 1t
IL Is, also that the face only-and that
the human facets capable of blush
ing; that the hand or foot does not
turn red with modesty or shame, any
more than the sock or glove that COW
ers them. 1t is the face that bears
the angels impress, it is the face that
is in heaven. The blush that tinted
woman's face when she awoke in
Eden's sunny land, still fingers with
her fair daughters. They caught it
from the rose, for the roses were first
white; but when Eve plucked one,
the bud seeing her fair face, more fair
than the flowers blushed and cast its
reflex, on her velvet cheek. The face
is the table ofthe soul wherein 1t writes
its actions.
Year: 1870

The farmer who stiHts his fields, Is
as unwise and improvident as he who
starves his working cattle-in both
cases Is he diminishing the ability of
q faithful servant to be useful TO
him.


The farmer who obtains from a
field not properly fertilized ten BUSH
els of grain when, by manuring, he
might have obtained twenty, is sell
ing his labor at halfits value.


He who does not give back TO his
fields as much as he takes from
them, sells their fertility in crops
and the fertility Of the soil Is the far
mer's capital.


The farmer who will keep these
truths In view, and act in accordance
with the rules they suggest, will find
his compensation i'm the increasing
products of the farm, and the aug
mentation Of general prosperity.
Year: 1870

A young gentleman, just out of col
Ilege, once remarked that IL was ex-
ceedingly insalubrious to inhale the
obnoxious effiuvia arising from the
cadaverous carcass of defunct horse.
He was undoubtedly right, and
science has found a way of remedying
the evil. They now make SO many
things out of the dead body ofa horse
that the animal must be q remarka-
bly, fine one If he Is worth as much
when aliye as he Is In the retorts and
kettles of the chemist. AS soon as
the horse is dead, his blood is sought
by the manufactures of albumen, and
by sugar refiners, and by the burners
of lampblack. Not a drop oft Is al
lowed to go to waste.


The name and tail are wanted for
hair cloth, sieves, bow strings and
brushes. The skin Is converted into
leather for cart and harness, for boots
and shoes, and strong collars. The
hoofs are used for combs, horn work,
glue, in old times were the chief
source OF the spirits Of hartshorn, now
obtained from the gas house. The
flesh Is bOlted down in the rendering
vat, and much oil and fat is obtained
from 1t. Some of the choice bits may
find their way into cheap restaurants,
and play the part of beefsteak, or help
to enrich the hasty plates of soup to
those establishments


The flesh Is left after all has been
extracted from 1t that Is of any SER
vice, and Is sometimes burned to be
used as manure, or Is worked up into
nitrogenous compounds such as the
cyanides, to be used by the photo
grapher for taking our pictures.
The stomach and intestines also
make valuable strings and cords for
musical instruments, and out of the
bones SO many useful articles are
manufactured that 1t Is almost i'm
possible to make a compete list OF
them.


Among them are buttons, toys,
knife-handies, rulers, dominoes, balls,
ETC., and the residue from all these
things is burnt into bone-black to be
used py the sugar refiner, who thus
puts in second claim upon the dead
horse; and some part of the bone.
black is burned white to be used by
the assayer in testing gold. The
teeth are used as substitutes for ivory,
and the iron shoes, If not nailed
up over the door to insure good for.
tune to the household, are worked up
into excellent wrought metal.
Year: 1870

TT Is the opinion of many persons
that the late unprecedented freshet In
the James and Shenandoah rivers was
not caused by n continued rain, but
by something like the bursting Of a
water spout on or about their head
waters, and their sources are not a
very great distance apart. The flood
came down in the Shenandoah in
great waves succeeding each other
rapidly.
Year: 1870

THE war among the Missouri Rad
icals is becoming interesting. Tho
party is In rapid process sofextinction,
for which hepeople ofthe State ought
to be thankful, The split is complete
and the contest promises to be lively
andhot, and characterized by showing
up OF Radical rascality that will as
tonish the Radicals themselves.
Year: 1870

In the choice Of wife, prefer the
person before money; virtue before
beauty; the mind before the body
Then hast thou wife, friend, n
companion who will bear an equal


share in all thy tolls and afiiictions.
Year: 1870

A religion that never suffices to
govern man, will never suffice TO
save him that which does not suffi-
ciently distinguish one from II wick
cd world, will never distinguish him
from n perishing world.
Year: 1870

No man can tell whether he Is rich
or poor by turning TO his ledger. II
Is the heart that makes q man rich.
He is rich or poor according to what
he IL, not according TO what he has.
Year: 1870

The EDUCATION OF GIRLs.-The stud
les pursued by the majority of the school
girls at the present day are not such as will
be of the most practical benefit to them
through life. We do not refer so particularly
to those who take regular course at col
lege or seminary, as to the large class who,
after having acquired thorough common
school education, are sent a few terms to
high school or an academy, where, in nine
cases oat often, the precious months of study
are thrown away upon the higher mathemat-
ics,-thrOwn away inasmuch as their knowl-
edge of those branches will never be of any
real use to them. We do not intend to un-
dervalue these studies; they are good in their
place, and are an excellent discipline to the
mind, but so are many other things OF real
utility. And where the time is limited and
there is no intention of teaching, it would
be better to know something OF ph, sicaI se-
0graphy, natural history, rhetoric, ancient and
modern history, or Latin; anything useful
which would 5e C, instantly brought to mind
in reading, correspondence, and in converse.
ton.


Many young ladies spend almost the whole
time allotted to them at a high school or
course OF mathematics. which to civil engi-
neer, would be invaluable aud Indispensable
but which they throw aside with their text
books. and ncrer L~-s- occasion to-re TO,
them again and when they leave school are
entirely ignorant of English literature. book
Keeping, chemistry, geology, logic, botany,
philosophy, astronomy, aud dozen other
things, eitfer one OF which would be of more
practical use than all this algebra, geometry
and trigonometry. II is wonder that these
studies hold the position they do in our
schools 1t they are so important as 10 be an
Indispensable asjnnct of every young lad, S
edueat'on, let them be postponed until the pu
Pill can at least read, write and eak correct
ly And then il there is time and lasie tor
it, it is quite likely, the mind being better
disciplined, may more easily understand the
abstruse problems.


A ia ent Tor mathematics is a gift as much
as ear for music, and mathematics should
never be taught except by person who has a
natural taste Tor it. The tnme is C ming
when our public schools will all be graded and
each braDch ofstudy will have It's own respec-
tive teacher Then in fitting ones self tn teach
it will be necessary TO get a thorough under
standing OF one thing instead of smatt-rinc
OF everything, and each one will make a speci-
ality of culliva'ing the talents With which ma
ture has endowed HIM, and both teacher and
pupil " i'll fud a vast change for the better
Springfield Republican.
Year: 1870

The Law in the West.--The New
York Democrat chronicles a curious
fact as follows:


To illustrate the way the law is vim
dicated in the West, we publish a notice
posted up by Montana sheriff: "All
persons who have been indicted by the
grand jury for horse stealing or murder
are requested to report to the sheriff
within ten days for trial, or they. Will
have to be looked after'' Probably if
they don't come in and give themselves
up the sheriff sends boy out after
them,
Year: 1870

A rheumatic old gentleman protested
to the clerk of the hotel that he did not
like ascending to a room in the four
teenth story. Said he, very logically
| Because am rheumatic, it does not
follow that should have an attic-room y


He was given a room nearer the
earth. -.
Year: 1870

A German wrote an obituary on the
death of his wife, of which the following
is copy If mine wife had lived until
next Friday she would hav been dead
shust two weeks Nothing is possible
with the Almighty. AS de tree falls
so must it stand"
Year: 1870

The only prisoner in the Nantucket
Jail notifies the authorities that if they
don't fix up that Jail so that the sheep
can't get IL to bother him, hs will be
blowed if he will stay in there.
Year: 1870

Letters from Sedan state that insub-
ordination in the French army before
the surrender was SO great its officers
lives were in danger and the Emperor
was insulted, and capitulation was ne
cessary to his personal safety.