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Year: 1872

A correspondent writes us that ha


has well thirty feet deep, situated


twenty feet from cesspool, into


which the refuse of family is dis


charged. He asks us if there is any
daDger that the water in the well
will become defled when the we'll is
cemented from top to bottom. This
is an important question, as these
circumstances are very common, and
in very few cases is there even the
flpartial protection of the cement
coating given to the well to prevent
the influx of drainage. 1t is quite
4 common to see wells surrounded


with slops from the kitchen, or
DRAWINGS from barn yards. Some
} times the immediate vicinity of the


well is constantly visited by farm
stock of all descriptions, and its con-
dition in the spring when the win
ter's accumulations become thawed
is disagreeable and unwholesome in
the extreme. IL is too commonly
supposed that earth will defecate
and render pure all liquids which
may pass through it. While this is
true to some extent, it is just as true
that there is a point of saturation
which is easily reached when the
earth no longer exerts this purify
ing property. 1t has been found
that when soil has been abun1antly
manured, although heavily cropped,
liquid manure spread on the field
causes the water passing off in the
drains four feet beneath the surface
to be colored with it. This shows
how easily the point of saturation of
the soil can be7rcsrsAged- fSovv, what
....s-t lss tl,s leotidffion OF tls6 soil De-
meath an old barn-yard and that adj
jecent to it, or to a long-used cess
pool The large quantity of liquid
passing into these places, and that
from the rains constantly falling
upon and percolating through the
soil around the well, have complete
ly charged it with offensive matter
which must eventually pass into the
we'll; and although it may not color
the water nor give it u disagreeable
taste or smell, it will exert a most
injurious effect upon the health of
persons using il. 1t is well known
that many diseases have been traced
to a cause similar to the one referred
to, and that it's removal has imme-
diately restored the locality to a
healthy state. The peculiar poison
generated by decomposing animal
refuse when taken into the system
produces a class of fevers known as
typhoid, which are often fatal, and
always dangerous. AS matter OF
course, this poison effects all animal
life more or less acutely, and 1t Is
worth while for those who have writ
ten US from several localities about
the suffering of their stock from dis
eases of a typhoid character, to con
slider if they have not originated IN
some manner similar to this. Pure
water is imperatively necessary to
human health, and it is equally
necessary to that of our animals, and
the farmer who violates this law
cannot escape the consequences. 1t
is only matter of time how soon
the unwholesome matter will reach
the well; and even though it be pro-
tected by a cemented lining, a pas
sage will sooner or later be found
for it.-Americdn Agricdturtst.
Year: 1872

A MAN was complaining because
his wife was recently taken with
the oil fever. She had a piece of
lanG of her own in West Virginia
where oil had been found, and nofh-
ing would do but she must organize
company and go to boring. So
she bored him to go for a long time,
bus he wouldn't; so she went her
self. I told the man he would be
justified in suing for divorce. "On
what grounds ?" asked the man,
Right there, on her oil grounds.
+" mean what plea could I offer =
"Why, that she left here bread and
bored"
Year: 1872

LII YOU wish to do good. do good +;
if you wish to assist people, assist
people. The only way to learn to
do thing is to do it, and that inn
plies before you learn to do right
you will do wrong-you will make
blunders, you viii have failures-but
perseyere, and In the end YOU will
learn your lesson, and many other
lessons by the way.
Year: 1872

Not on the earth
Hath Beauty bloom, hath Beauty power;
This is alone its natal hour


The chamber ofits birth


Here the germ dwells,
And prone TO silence and to night
1t bursts to love and life and light,


As daisies in our dells.


But not on earth
Hath Beauty growth beyond the flower
The life that In a day or hour


Goes to another birth;


And all we see
OF beauty Is a glimmer bright
Is but the promise of a night


The glory yet 10 be.


When IN the skies,
The spirit doth unfold and find
Lies hopes grown perfect TO the mind,


For Beauty then 1t sighs;


And Beauty there
Compares with Beauty here below
4 mornings golden skies aglow


With murkiest clouds compare.


The forms we love
And cherish for each faIaltless llne,i
.sst shadazsu6n ehnS


That We IHeaT above.


SO let us live
In love of nature, not of art,
That each may thus with reverent heart


Fit homage have to give
Year: 1872

In the course of speech at Galesburz,
ILL.,, on the I'd inst, Gen. Logan made
the following remarks:


"You business men who have money
to loan, and those who are borrowers
you men who are producers and those
who are consumers; laboring men who
are now getting wages, all, is there any
reason for change at this time /? The
first notice Mr.. Greeley gave after his
nomination was that he would turn the
gold out of the Treasury. A dangerous
experiment at the start, my friends.
With Mr.. Greeley's inconsistencies and
strange freaks, it does seem to me that
to trust him with the management of
the finances of this Union would be like
trusting your money in wild cat in
surance company in a Chicago fire. 1
have no hard things to say about Mr.
Greeley; he is very good old gentle
man, very good old gentleman will
not make good President. It is for you
to choose. Ifyou elect Mr.. Greeley, at
the same time his election carries a
Democratic Congress; and if misrule
follows and financial crisis Is the re-
suit then the responsibility is not ours,
who support our tried man; then there
might be some argument made for him :;
but he is not and the country all are
aware Of the fact"
Year: 1872

The New York Herald wants
Greeley to array himself in his old
white hat and long brown coat. and
go South. 1t says: A rear view of him
in this costume bears close resem-
blance to respectable plantation ne
gro of old Virginia, and we believe he
would make a hit among the colOred
brerthen' We offer the suggestion for
the benefit of General Cochrane,
whose admirable tact and ability as
a political manager will at once con-
vince him of its value"
Year: 1872

There are two classes of individuals
that have deserted the Republican par
ty to join the fortunes of Greeley: l.
Those who have heretofore appropriated
an undue share of party patronage, and
with the uniform course of the migrate,
seek new affiliations in the hope Of get
ting further rewards. 2. Those who
have failed for the want of merit to re-
ceive that recognition which their vanity
impels them to believe they deserve.
The riddance of such men will be as
great blessing to the party they desert
as an annoyance to the one they join.
Year: 1872

A Grant Club should at once be
organized in every village and
township through the land, where
there is not one already. In Union
there is strength. Concentrate your
efforts and you will accomplish far
more than you can by separate ac-
ton.
Year: 1872

The greatest case of political un-
certainty is told of prominent pol
itician of Illinois. One day poll
tician is strong Republican; the
next he graduates as full fedged
Democrat, the third he does not how
it is himself. In fact he became so
uncertain in reference to his politi-
cal status not long since, that he re-
terred the question 10 some of his
friends; on the principle of the old
lady who thought her dog would
be certain to know whether she was
herself or not.


"IfIbeI


He'll wsg his little tail;


But if 1 be not 1,


He'll bark and wail.''


In fact the decision of more than
one of the prominent politicians of
the day is great deal like that of
one Ammi, who used to get on a
bender now and then, at which
time he was unable to tell whether
he was himself or some one else,
and was overheard on one occasion,
soliloquizing thusly: cam l Ammi,
or am | not Ammi? If am Ammi
then l am Ammi; but if am not
Ammi. then who the ID am I?"
The conundrum was too hard
for the listeners, and they gave it
up.
Year: 1872

Looking at our financial interest,
let every man candidly answer this
question. Are you prepared to face
those dangers which would be immi-
nent, il not inevitable, were Mr..
Greeley to be elected?


Let none believe that financial dis
aster will not affect them. Such con
vulsions ipjure labor, unsettle trade,
disturb agriculture and affect all the
relations of life. Can the laborer
sfford to become an instrument in
bringing about a state of affairs
which might diminish his opportuni-
ties for employment? Can the me-
chanic afford to aid a movement
which might close the machine shops
and manufactures, or reduce their
business? Can the farmer afford to
assist q scheme which would tend to
suspend operations in our populous
centres and thus injure the market
for his products Can the merchant
afford to discharge his obligations,
made upon a paper basis; with gold
dollar for dollsr-without warning
Can the financier sfford to countensnce
q project, headed bys visionary
whose ideas, logically conduct to
financial disaster?


II the foregoing questions can not
be affirmatively answered, then the
path OF duty and interest is clear
YOU can afford to vote for Horace
Greeley.
Year: 1872

The following graphic sketch is
from the description Of the scene W.T.
messed by Mr.. Campbell and his par
ty, in the north OF Norway, from 9
cliff above the sea: "The ocean
stretched away In silent vastness at
our feet, the sound of the waves
scarcely reaching our airy lookout
away in the north the huge old aun
swung low along the horizon like the
slow beat OF q pendulum in the tall
clock of our grsndfather's parlor cor.
ner. We all stood silent, looking at
our watches. When both hands
came together at twelve, midnight.
the full orb hung triumphantly above
the waves, bridge of gold running
north, spanning the seas between US.
There be shone In silent msjesty,
which knew no setting. We invol-
UNFAIRLY took off our hsts; no word
was spoken. Combine, if you can,
the most brilliant sunrise and sun
set you ever saw, and the beauties
will pale before the gorgeous color
ing which lit up the ocean, heavens
and mountains. In hslf an hour the
sun swung up perceptibly on lis beat,
the colors changed to those OF morn
ing, q fresh breeze rippled over the
waters, one song alter another piped
up in the grove behind us-we had
slipped into another day.
Year: 1872

n
mourn no more my vanished years;
| Beneath a tender rain;
An April rain of smiles and tears.


My heart is young again.
The west wind blows, and singing low,
L hear the glad'streams run;
The windows of my soul throw
Wide open TO the sun.
No longer forward or behind
look in hope and fear:
But. grateful, take the food fiud.
The best of now and here.
plOw no more a desert land,
The harvest weed and tare;
The mama dropping from GODS hand


Rebukes my painful care.
break my pilgrim staff. lay


Aside the toiling oar;
The angel sought SO far away


Iwelcome at my door.
The airs offspring may never play


Around the ripening corn,
Nor freshness of the flowers of May


Plow through the autumn morn;
Yet shall the blue-eyed gentian look


Through fringed lids up TO heaven,
And the pale aster in the brook,


Shall see its image given
The woods shall wear their Iobes OF praise


The south wind softly sigh,
And sweet, calm days in golden haze


Melt down the amber sky.
Not less shall manly deed and word


Rebuke an age of wrong
The craven flowers that wreath the sword


Make not the blade less strong.
But shifting hands shall learn 10 heal,


TO build as TO destroy:
Nor less my heart for Others feel


That the more unfold.
Enough that blessings undeserved


Have marked my erring track
That whereso'er my feet have sweryed,


His Christening turned me back.
That more and more Providence


OF love is understood,
Making the springs of time and sense


Sweet with eternal good.
The death seems but a covered way


Which opens into light,
Wherein no blinded chill can stray


Beyond the Fathers sight.
That care and trial seem at last,


Through memOry's sunset air,
Like mountain ranges over past,


Like purple distance fair.
That all the jarring notes of life


Seem blending in psalm,
And all the angels of its strife


Slow rounding into calm.
And so the shadows fall apart,


And SO the west winds play;
And all the windows of my heart


Iopen to the day.
Year: 1872

Soon after Lis return to New
York. he was one day, while stand
in front of The. Aliens saloon, ac-
costed by still another of The ubiqui-
tous Pinkerton's men, who endeavor-
ed to arrest him. Not liking to go
with him, Forester commenced
struggling and crying for help The
Allen, hearing him, ran to the door,
end seeing q big man pounding lit


tie one (the detective was very large
man, } went to the little ones assist


ance, and, giving the big man a Clip
under the ear, sent him to the ground
several feet away, thus giving the
little one a chance to get a way,
which he improved by running
Year: 1872

Theindications are thai We shall have q
large assemblsge Of the Democracy at the
State Convention, which meets tomorrow.
Every county should be represented Every
delegate appointed should attend. We are
beginning the contest for the next Presi-
dental term. Tennessee is the first State
TO speak after the action Of the Cincinnati
Convention. Should the Democracy in
convention .assembled tomorrow, de-
clare in favor of an acquiescence in and
support Of the Cincinnati nominees
by the Democracy Of the Union,
as we believe they wiz, it win in our opIn-
ion give shape TO the policy to be pursued
by the Democratic party throughout the
United States and fix the result Of the Presi-
dental canvass. While we have no right
to say what viii be the action
of the National Democratic Con-
vention, our State Convention has
the right TO declare what it believes
the safest, and wisest policy TO
be adopted. If the signs Of the
times are such as to warrant the belief
that the Democracy should support the
Cincinnati ticket to make certain the de-
feat of Grant, then wisdom and patriOtisA
require that the State Convention should'
80 pronounce.
Year: 1872

The latest thing in spring hats for young
ladies is to have the rim so bent and crump-
led as to be strongly suggestive OF late
supper, an overportion of champagne, and
lively little tussle in carriage the night
before. Jaunty, but not judicious.-WaSh
in0t0R Star.
Year: 1872

No New CASES. For the last fou


davs we have endeavOred faithfully
to ascertain if any new cases Of
smallpox had occurred in town,
and after interviewing every medical
man of our acquaintance. cannot
discover a single case. We know of
no person now in Eureka afflicted
with the disease. The pest house is
finished and stands empty, as we
have no reason to believe it may
always be. In the meantime it be-
hooves allpeople to exercise the same
care and diligence as though the
dread contagion was present In its
worstform.- Eureka Sentinel, 10th.
Year: 1872

An exchange says: "What can be
more enjoyable on a long cold evening
than to see a family seated around the
center table perusing dime novels,
while the lively repartee andpumpkin
pie circulate freely, and the scene is
enlivened occasionally by the old
man rocking on the cats tail?"
Year: 1872

HAVE YOU ENEMIEs?-Go straight
on and don't mind them. If they
get in YOUR way, walk round them
regardless of their spite. A man
who has no enemies is seldom good
for anything: he is made of that kind
of material which is so easily worked
that every one has hand in it. a
sterling character is one who thinks
for himself, and speaks what he
thinks; he is always sure to have enc
mics. They are as necessary to hlm
as fresh air; they keep him alive
and active. 4 celebrated character
who was surrounded by enemies used
to remark: They are sparks which.
f you do not blow, will so out of
themselves. Live down preju-
dice" was the Iron Dukes motto.
Let this he your feeling while en-
deavoring to live down the scandal
OF those who are bitter againt you.
If you stop to dispute, you do but
as they desire, and open the way for
more abuse. Let the poor fellows
talk-there will be a reaction if you
but perform your duty ,and hundreds
who We're once alienated from You
will flock to you and acknowledge
theiir error.
Year: 1872

RIcu DIGGINGs.- Tho claim of Mr..
Ben Cunningham, on Bolts hui, yielded
the handsome sum OF seven thousand dol
lars last Winter rs the result OF seventy
days run, with three men employed most
OF the time and two all the while. As
the water Cunningham used cost him
nothing, very wide margin was left for
profit. This claim has paid at the above
rate ever since we have known 1.-THE
only trouble being want OF water. Ii Il
head OF water could be had at one hund-
red dollars per week it would make the
owner OF these diggings lich man in II
year.
Year: 1872

STEAM SAW MILL.-We understand
That several of the heavy mining compa-
mes in Weaver Basin have made ar
fangcments with other parties to bring a
portable steam saw mill to this vicinity.
Inc substance of the matter is that the
miners advance the cost of the mill to be
repaid In lumber and blocks at largely
reduced rates.
Year: 1872

NEARLY THRoUGH. The Union Hill
company expect to strike through the
bedrock this week. The might shift {"
has been taken off and what work is now
being done is carried on by dny. About
sixty feet Of gravel, clay and loan will
have to be passed through before reaching
the surface, when the tunnel, commenced
nearly two years since will be completed.
Year: 1872

Constantinople is the most temperate
capital Of its size in the world. Spend


ing day after day in the open air, wan.
dering among the common folk, having
at one time several people in my employ,
even IN the biting air before daylight
never found any Turk drinking stronger
beverage than coffee. But that is moth.
ing to their great annual fast. During
the Ramadant which lasts a whole
month, from sunrise TO sunset, the pant
ing bostman, the heavy.laden porter will
touch nothing like food, not even tobae-
co, and ne drink whatever; and at san
down viii make up for, this abstinence e
not by drunken earouse, but by larger
dish of pilau and longer smoke of La
takia. To be sure, temperaRce Is a part
Of the Turks religion, but is it not Of
ours ~ And that rshgion-an impostnre
as We call it-hAs something very real in
its worship at four in the morning the
year round, It's indifference to " Infidel -
gaze, the heartiness OF al its observ-
anees, the severity Of its daily selfde-
malls. Often have / found the shop en-
tirely open while the shspman was at his
prayers, and have taken up the goods
70 see II anybody would remonstrate,


and laid them down again without any


interferenee. And how often have /


watched the thin-elad boatman kneeling
Year: 1872

An Editor Becomes Circus Actor


Life Among the Sawdust--PeriIs


and Pleasures OF a Showman's 4


Life.


There is no end to newspaper enter
prise nowadays. The latest case we
hear offs the original idea conceived by
one Of the gentlemen attached to the
New York Times, who took It into his
head to join travelling circus company
for the purpose of giving the readers OF
that paper an insight into the inner life
of the sawdust knights and their
spangled-back equestriennss. We give
few extracts from the writer's expe.
rience: a.fssrofn| n|nTDI N0fen8ri
'''AA the EDITOR AS A sUPE.


The afternoon performance was about
to begin, so | was divested of my journ-
alistic Jacket, thrust into scarlet coat
that was too small for me, and told to
assistin putting the fancy trappings on
the ladies horses and make myself gene
rally useful in the entry-way of the ring.
Within twenty minutes of my engage
ment my boss confidently told the
ring-managert that "that new supe you We
took on don't seem to amount to nuch?'
The ring manager replied, however, that
it was none of his business; that Mr.
Howes had taken me on An hour after
ward my boss declared to MIR. Howes
himself that ] WASH t worth a cent a day,
and that he had better shake me as
soon as possible. , Before the perform
ance was half over he had sworn at me
a dozen times for idling about (igno-
rance of my duties compelled me to
confine my efforts to carrying the rosin-
board, on which the acrobats and gym
nasts rubbed the soles Of their shoes,
into the ring), and after the final act
he Indignantly demonstrated with Mr.,
HoWes, whose unusual passiveness he
could not understand. I had not long
been q member of the circus troupe be-
fore / discovered that all my previous
ideas with regard TO this class OF people.
we're totally errop eous-at least SO far
as those with whom was thrown in con-
tact were concerned. ! had expected to
find myself among q rollicking, royster-
ing set of men, who preferred short
pipes and tobies of ale .to, wine and
cigars, and whose dressingroom was a
theatrical exhibition Of everything that
is coarse and Objectionable. And / had
more than o vague suspicion that some
of the ladies' nnight be little leose in
their actions Of strict propriety. Twas
astonished to meet company of staid
and decorous ladies and gentlemen,
quiet aud rather reserved in manRer,
and, so far from having a liking for dis
sipation, that they were only too anxious
to get to bed as soon as they got home
from the evenings performance; q d
Year: 1872

d lhE Al aOANRLhRa


/ had been so intently studying the
fat boy that it was some time before my
attention was attracted to his immediate
neighbors At his left hand sat rather a
petite-looking young lady, nineteen
years old, with full beard and nous.
tache; and next to her sat a little lady
of eight and twenty years of age and
thirty.two inches in hight, in child s
high chair. She is married to one OF
the employees of the circus, who is an
ordinary-sized man, aud, strange as il
may appear, they say that she rules him
with an iron rod by constantly threaten
ing to get divorce from him. Ofcourse,
as she brings him considerable annual
income by exhibiting herself this is
about the last thing he would wish her
to do. She gave us a taste of her quail
ity during dinner The " fuHny'' clown
came in late, and on taking his seat op-
posite the party said, well, my small
by degrees and beautifully less, how are
you all this hot day." "Sir," exclaimed
the little woman, firing up in an instant,
:" will thank you to treat me as a1ady;
you deserve to have your ears well boxed.
If my husband was here you wouldn't
dare to treat me 80.
Year: 1872

The Chillicothe Gazette thus shows
up the last little dodge of little Neal,
to get the votes of Union soldiers !:


Even the bland Mr.. Neal now
comes out and declares that ne
is III favor of giving soldiers land
warrants. The Republican Conven-
ton at Hillsboro, by resolution,
said that the soldiers should have
land warrants, and on that platform
nominated the Hon. John Il. Will
son for Congress. Now, Mr.. Neal,
the policy man, seeing that many
soldiers who are Democrats are 60
iUg to vote for their friend Mr.. Will
son, and thinking his (NeaPs) cleo
ton little uncertain, tries to win
the votes to him by saying that he
too is in favor of giving land war
rants. Oh sly Mr.. Neal Why
didn't he think of this at their
Hillsboro Convention Likely be
did think of it, and others there
thought of it, but they did not men
tion it in their platform, because
they were not in favor of it. They
only declare in favor of it when
they see that they are losing
ground, and must do it or they will
be defeated. 1t is a part of the
anything they must do to get into
power and defeat the Hon. John L.
Wilson.


How inconsistent it is for men
who during the war would not vote
a dollar to send supplies to the SOL
dIers, nor dollar to raise and equip
new troops to send to the relief OF
those already in tho field, to now
cry out that they are in favor Of
giving land warrants. They must
think that men are very gullible. 1t
is not safe to trust the men who
have always been trying to injure
you, although just now they profess
to have love for you. 1t is much
safer to trust those who have al
ways been friends, who have proved
their friendship by their acts, and
who still profess friendship. The
past is an earnest Of what is to
come.