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Year: 1870

The thing is accomplished The
threat 0feKing William has been exc
cuted, for on Friday Of last week the
Prussians captured Napoleon. This
was no sooner known in Paris than the
form of government was changed and
a republic proclaimed.


The question now il, can the French
people institute a republican form of
government and maintain it? We are
fearful they cannot They have tried
it twice before and failed Frivolity is
SO strongly stamped on the French
character that we fear no good will
come of this dethronement of the Ma
polconic dynasty.


It IS very serious question whether
it will ever be possible to organize re
publican form of government on the
ruins of any of the European mon
arches. In the first place the people
with whom rests the governmental pow
ers in republics have not experience in
!, the affairs of State, and know not their
powers or duties. Again. there is .
titled nobility who will never willingly
cast aside their titles and become GEM
mon citizens; yet without such renun,
citation there is no republic.


The authorities in Spain have been
trying for more than year to orgvnze
a republic, and have at last given the
project up, and are hunting king, as
did the frogs in the fable.


We Of America were only able TO
form, and maintain a republican form
of government after long years of train
ing. Our fathers came to the new
world in an early day and were neglect
ed by the home government, so that
they were compelled to rely on them
selves for government The sweets of
liberty thus tasted were sufficient to
kindle the great fire that is kept alive
TO this day In the breasts of all true
Americans.


If, however, by miracle the French
should succeed with a republic, then
there is strong probability that Spain
will form republic; after that, Italy
will remember that years ago she was
governed by the people, and will deter.
mine that such shall be the case again.
When this happens the Pope will leave
Rome, and when the Pope has nowhere
to lay his head, then the Catholic re.
1igion tumbles But before all this
takes place there will be great wars and
much blood shed.
Year: 1870

OlLlNG FARM lMpLEMENTS.-
Every farmer should have can of lln>
seed oil and brush on hand, and when.
ever he buys new tool he should soak
it well with the oil aud dry it by the fire
or in the sun before using. The wood
by this treatment is toughened and
strengthened. and rendered impervious
70 water wet new hay rake, and
when IL dries it will begin to be lose in
the joints; but if we'll oiled, the wet
will have but slight efest. Shovels
ond forks are preserved from checking
and cracking in the top of the handle
by oiling; the wood becomes smooth as
glass by use, and far less liable to blis-
ter the hand when long used Axe
and hammer handles often break off
where the wood enters the iron this
part particularly should be toughened
with oil, to secure durability Oiling
the wood inthe eye of the axe willprc-
ventits swelling and shrinking, and some


times getting loose. The tools on u large
farm cost large sum Of money they
should be Of The most approved kinds


1t is poor economy, at the present ex


iravagant prices for labor, to set men at
work with ordinary, old fashioned i'm


plements. l.aborers should be requir
ed to return their tools TO the co0vcn-
lent places provided for them; after
using, they should be put away clean
aud bright The mould>boards Of
plows are apt to get rusty from one sea
son to another, even if sheltered they
should be brushed over with few drops
Of oil when put away, and they will
then remain ia good order Ill want d.
Year: 1870

Says the Jacksonville News: A


young lad. aged about l6 years and OF
French parentagc, by the name of Par
sean, started out in company with an
other individual over on Dry Creek one
day last week with his gun to hunt up
some sheep that he had been herding.
They separated and one took one side
of deep canyon and the other the 9th
er. They kept in hailing distance, but
after awhile the boys calls ceased to be
heard. That night he failed to get
home. It was thought he had gone
over to the other ranch, and no great
uneasiness was felt for him until after
the next day. Search was then made
and resulted in finding his lifeless body
down in the canyon, horribly mutilated
and bitten evidently by bear or some
other ferocious animal. He was buried
in the cemetery on Sunday. se@s
Year: 1870

PROVIDENCE, Dec. 1es~A About o'clock this
morning the building In Wexford occupied by the Wick
ford National Bank and the office Of the Town Clerk Of
North Kingston was found on fire. An explosion had
been heard few minutes previously It afterward
discovered that the bank had been entered by burga
who had partly broken open tho outer door OF tho
vault, and then exploded powder TO complete the work
The explosion the building fire. and IL entirely
consumed The bank funds were in an inner chest and
are safe The town records covering period OF leo
years. destroyed There Is clue to the robbers
for whose arrest a reward Of 81. 900 Is offered.
Year: 1870

George Sand salutes the new republic
in the following words: The republc--she
must have life in her, since she rises again
from her ashes by the voice of all, by a
will of which she is worthy, without the
spilling of blood, without fatricidal strife
Behold the third awakening. 1t is ideal
ly beautiful. The third--say rather the
fourth-for we must not forget that 1880
was Republican at the beginning. five
have fought for her only to lose her, to-day
she rises-compels with single word
Vive la France. This, then is the normal
state which the conscience of humanity de-
sires This is the inevitable end of this
prodigious toll of humanity. 1t is well.
1t is the law of intelligence. The manli-
ness of man can only develop acts of free
dom. Behold the God of armes His
name is Country and Liberty! Hail to
the republic, Those are good hands and
a great people is now marching under the
banner after bloody expectation. The
task is hard but should it happen to fall
once more, then it will surely rise again.
The rights of man are imperishable.


GEORGE SAND.
Year: 1870

Don Piatt thus does up clerical guest
at Saratoga; "Look at ehuge animal at
the next table. He is a clergyman of dis
tinction, who is here to benefit his health,
after the arduous labors of his parish. He
weighs 25O, if a pound. See how the oily
flesh pleOts and folds under his double
chin, and, Lord help us, see him eat! He
is known to the profane here as the holy
hog, from the way that he travels from
soup to dessert. He exhausts the bill of
fare, and the very walters grin and wink
to hear him talk about his ill-health. He
married a rich widow, has heavy salary
from his congregation, and is here with
the best rooms in thishotol, putting around
through this whirling sea of sinful folly
like a porpoise in a rolling sea-"
Year: 1870

One of the most remarkable cases of
sudden cure of disease, was that of a rheu-
matte individual, with which is connected
ghost story.


There was couple of men in some old
settled part of the country, who were in
the habit of stealing sheep, and robbing
church yards of the burial clothes of the
dead.


There was public road leading by
meeting house where there was o grave.
yard, and not far off tavern.


Early one moonlight night, while one
of the miscreants was busy robbing grave,
the other went off to steal sheep. The
first one having accomplished his business,
wrapped shroud around him, and took
a seat in the meeting house door to wait
for his companion.


A man on foot passing along the road
towards the tavern, took him to be ghost,
and alarmed most to death, ran as fast as
his feet could carry him to the tavern,
which he reached out of breath.


AS soon as he could speak he declared
that he had seen ghost robed in white,
sitting in the church door. But nobody
would believe his story.


He then declared that if any of them
would 60 back with him, they might be
convinced.


But incredulous as they were, no one
could be found that had courage enough
to go.


At length man who was so afflicted
with the rheumatism that he could scarce
ly walk, declared he would 60 if the man
would carry him there. He at once agreed,
took him on his back, and off they went.


When they got in sight sure enough it
was as he said!


Wishing to satisfy themselves well and
get as near view as possible of his ghost
ship, in the dim light, they kept venturing
nearer and nearer.


The man with the shroud around him
took them to be his companion with a
sheep on his back, and asked in low tone
of voice:


''Is he fat!"


Meeting with no reply, he repeated the
question, raising his voice higher:


els he fatl"


Still no reply.


Then in vehement tone he called:


els he fat?"


This was enough. The man with the
other on his back replied:


"Fat or lean you may have himp'


And dropping the invalid, he travelled
back to the tavern as fast as his feet would
carry him. But he had scarcely arrived
there, when along came the invalid on foot
too!


The sudden fright had cured him of
rheumatism, and from that time forward
he was well man.
This is asserted to be real occurrence.
Year: 1870

France has reached crisis in its affairs
which is very like the one which we ex-
perienced after we had been fighting, for
some years, Great Britain. We had ex-
hausted our resources, and we're on the
point of yielding to an overwhelming force
of the enemy. 1t was at this time that
France sent us some ships and men, where
by the scale was turned, and we won our
independence as Republic.


France has been defeated by an over
whelming force. The probabilities are
that it must speedily yield. Suppose,
now, we go to work and pay France what
we have owed her for nearly one hundred
years. Suppose we repay the original
loan, with interest added for ninety years.
When man is hard pressed for money, he
naturally turns to those whom he had be-
friended under like circumstances,


Were we to pay France principal and
interest, what we honestly owe it, good
many hundred thousand American SOL
diers, and an enormous American navy,
would be speedily at its disposal.


But, if we cannot pay what we owe in
kind, let us at least not be indecent enough
to give our moral support to the power
which is bending its entire energies to ruin
our old benefactor.
Year: 1870

COlfax has kindly informed an anxious
world that, at the end of his Vice Presi-
dental term, he will retire from public
life. This announcement has hung the
heavens in black and draped the world in
woe. 1t was cruel to say so, if he meant
it. He knew, or should have known, that
the effect of such an announcement would
bring tears to the ey es of million widows
and send forty thousand orphans supper
less to bed. He is cruel man. How
can the country get on without him-Col
faxl We call the attention of King VIII
liam, the grand MOgul of Europe, to the
capers of this monster, Colfax.
Year: 1870

An Atlanta stove dealer offers seven
ty-fve dollar stove to the young lady be-
tween thirteen and eighteen years of age,
who shall, during the Georgia State Fair,
best illustrate her knowledge of the use
of such articles by cooking dinner for
six persons on the fair grounds.
Year: 1870

A London correspondent of the Chic
ago journal has been so ungallant as to
give that paper brief chapter concern
ing the fair one with golden locks who
has been disporting in burlesque through
out the length and breadth of the country
symbolized by the American eagle, 1t
was cruel of him, and will cause many a
spoony and sensual admirer of this old
dancing girl to sigh as he reads the
solemn prose which teaches him the sad
lesson Of disenchantment. Hear him,
the unpoetic wretch: -as


Well, your Lydia Thompson emeute
has afforded amusement TO us simple
Londoners. | confess | did not antici-
pate quite such an ending to the career
of the blonde troupe when they set out on
their American mission. Miss Lydia
Thompson, as she chooses to call herself,
though she has been married and un-
married more times than l think even
she can remember, had run the length
of her tether in this country before she
left it. / supposed she would succeed
for a time in the Eastern cities, and felt
sure that that time would be very brief
one. We have often had the most ex-
aggerated accounts of her American tri-
umphs, which we were able to accept at
their full value. 1t is rather difficult to
determine her present American position,
but it is quite safe to say that she will
find no place when she returns to Eng
land. Her day here is over, such as it
was, and some of her American admirers
will perhaps be surprised to learn that
she never held here any position above
that of second or third-rate ddRseuse."
Year: 1870

Fill the boiler with soft water to within about
three inches of the top of the inside boiler. Slice
up one pound bar of good hard soap.


Bring the water to boil and then place the
clothes in the hot water. The water will imme-
diately pour over the shell all around, and if it
boils over raise the lid.


Keep mp hit fire for twenty minutes. Then
take the clothes out ard Immediately SUBS them
through in soft water. If any shade of the dirt
remains. few rubs will take it all out Then
rinse them in clean water, wiring dry, and the wash
ing is done. Give particular heed to the following
SUGGESTIONS.


The clothes need not be wet before placing them
in the Boiler. 1t is of vital importance to THOR
OUGHLY SUDS the clothing after boiling. Every
lady knows that the least particle of suds left in
the clothes to dry will cause the clothes to look
yellow. brisk fire is important in order to pro-
duce rapid boiling. Time may be saved by stirring
or turning the clothes occasionally while boiling


The cover should not be removed, except when
necessary, in order to insure quick work. If the
washing be q large one, the clothes should be as
sorted, dirty shirts, for instance, will require
double the time of sheets, pillow eases, napkins,
&c.


Articles much soied may be left in for second
boiling White fannels may be beautiful washed
without FULLING) by this process. They
should be put in when the water is hot and rinsed
out in hot water.


Colored clothes should not be mixed with white,
and unless the coors fast they should never be
washed by this process. The most delicate laees,
cambrics, &c. such as would nearly fall To pieces
if washed in the ordinary way, may be was he'd per-
fectly without injury, by this process. The almost
absolute necessity of using soft, or "broken,'
water, is so we'll understood as to hardly need
mention here.


No machine ever invented will entirely remove
the streaks from dirty wrist-ban and Collars
This, Self washing Boiler more nearly does it than
any other device. Should shade or streak remain,
it i'll be found to be so reduced and sofened as to
disappear without the of q wash-board, by
merely rubbing them with the hands, thus avoiding
all the wear and tear of clothing by washing. 1t
has been carefully estimated that clothing receives
more than oNE-HALF ITS WEAR by the old
proesss,of RUBBING, and consequently viii last
twice al long If washed by this new process which
alone would pay for Boiler many times during
single year in almost any family, to say nothing
Of the important consideration cf saving labor.


For any required information call on or address
- THOMAS GREENE,
Shasta, Cal
Shasta, April 2nd 1870
Year: 1870

There are but few inventions or discoveries
which produce a complete revolution in any de-
partment of labor. To have supposed, year ago,
that the dirtiest garment could be washed clean
in twenty or thirty minutes, by boiling alone
would have been regarded as an indication of in
sanity. But it has been demonstrated beyond apy
doubt that this process not only cleans the clothes
but that garments thus washed become winter and
clearer the longer it is used. Some people suggest
that clothes will get yellow after awhile. by being
washed in this way but such surposition has no
foundation in fact, and is conradicted by the ex-
perience of every lady who has adopted this mode
of washing.


Everybody who has tried the machine in Shasta
have expressed themselves highly pleased with
its operations. 1t mast be seen to be fully appre-
ciated, as its full merits cannot be properly set
forth in an ordinary advertisement


Public private tests have been given of this
apparatus for the last six months, and more than
million of people have witnessed its success. Ten
thousand boilers sold in New York City in less
than five II onths, from stand, and at this time
the orders reach about hundred day. Nc
one ever used it directed that did not recommend
it. 1t has been recommended by more than five
thousand persons in less than six months. Among
the names arc those of the distinguished cit
izcns of the United States but the best recommen-
dation is to take the boiler and it yourself Do
just as you directed and you will be more than
satisfied 1t appeals to all a matter Of econ
omy, and can be shown to be the best kind of an
investment. 1t will return a yearly dividend in
cash of TWO HUNDRED PER CENT on the
money Invested. For instance, We viii suppose
your white clothing such as bed and table linen
ladies' and gentcmcns' wear, and chidrens' cloth
ing only cost you $40 year. They will last twice
long washed in this way by the old method
Thus, you a"tually $50 year by investing 10
OF 200 per cent. annually. There Is no family
scarcely bat spends more than here stated but this
is taken a very low average of this branch of
family expense. Added to this is the great con-
venience and comfort of the thing. which, all taken
together, makes it luxury which nofamily can
well afford to be without.


This Boiler sells the best Of any article ever offer
ed to the public Anybody after try ing it fairly
viii not letit go out of of the house.
Year: 1870

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and effectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair is soon restored
TO its original color
'cih the gloss and
freshness Of youth.
Thin hair is thick
Year: 1870

Once upon time there lived A.
mong the hills Of an adjoining coun-
try an old gentleman. whose entire
personal and real estate consisted or
wiFe, a well-ventilated log cabin.
half an acre of not very productive
land, and 4 violent foadness for
what's sometimes called tangled
whisky. One spring morning the
owner Of all this property was struck
with the. conviction that his land
must DO plowed But he had no
horse, and found it impossible to
borrow one. Nevertheless the
ground must be broke up, horse or
no horse, and it was finely determin-
ed that the 'old woman" should
hitch up the old man. and hold the
handle and drive, while he drew the
plow. This was accordingly done
and the piOw went bravely on, until
the plOwshare ran under q root, and
the team was brought to-s dead halt.
But the "eritter had become warmed
up this time. and as the old lady
gave him q rap with the reins and
cried git up therer ne threw his
weight upon the harness with a
heavy jerk, which snspped the trac-
es off short, and he ihOt forward
against the fence, his head striking
the end of q rail with the force of
maui. "ThunderatiOn old woman"
he exclaimed, as he wiped the blood
and dirt from his eyes, why didn't
YOU say trb-0-Gf
Year: 1870

To-day, just as the sun is at mer-
idian, just as with solemn sound the
! great bell of the st. Louis Cathedral
Itoll forth the hour of noon, soldier
will pay the penalty Of crime for
which military justice knows but
one expiation. The United States
barracks, below the city, has been
the place selected where the execu-
ton is to take place. and the green
sward Of the parade ground will ere
many hours be stained with the
crimson life-blood ofthe unfortunate
man.


He was member Of one Of the
companies Of United States troops
stationed near a village in one of the
interior parishes Of Louisiana. Near
the camp Of the company was the
plantation of a wealthy gentlemen
who had sympathised with the Uni
on cause during the war, and who,
therefore, was the object of special
attention on the part of the officers
OF the command then performing
provost duty. The planter had a
large family among whom was a
daughter who possessed in a remark
able degree that rare type Of beauty
for which the women of the South
are noted, She had imbibed the
sentiments of her father, and, there
fore took great pleasure in enter
tanning the officers who frequently
visited the house.


The First Lieutenant of the COM
p8ny, Ambrose Black, at once con
ceived warm attachment for the
beautiful young cre6le, and endea-
vored in every way to induce her to
share his feelings. Strange to say,
however, the lady treated him in a
peculiarly polite but formal manner,
that proved her heart was ice to-
ward him. This was a great shock
to his vanity, and he was at q loss
to understand it. Finally the ex-
PLANTATION came, when one of his
companions, playfully railing him
upon his i'll success, stated that he
had discovered why the lady refused
to smile upon him: he had accident
ally witnessed an interview between
herself and Private Alfred Blake, the
soldier who had BEN detailed to
guard the house-an interview
which proved conclusively that the
heart of the maiden was irrevocably
the priyate's and not the officers.


This intelligence was too much
for Lieutenant Black. His pride
was wounded in its most vital point.
He had been forestalled where his
heart was most enlisted, and by one
of his own subordinates. Seeking
Private Blake at once, he poured out
the walls of his wrath upon him,
taunted him with his position, and
declared he would send him where
he should have no more opportuni-
ties of dallying with a shameless girl
while on duty. Alfred Blake had
borne much, but this coarse aIlusion
to the woman he loved better than
life, fired heart and brain, and with
one blow he struck his officer pros
trate upon the ground in the pres
ence of his company.


Then followed the trial-which
was rendered inexpressibly touching
by the presence of the woman who
had dared to love a private soldier
the sentence Of death, to be pre-
ceded by imprisonment at Ship Is.
land,


To-day the sentence is to be en-
forced and the majesty of the law
sustained.-NeU Orleans Picayune.
Year: 1870

love to rove in the shady grove,


Where the gentle zephyTs are floating;
I love to sit at the. social board,
Where buckwheat cakes are smoking;
l love 70 gaze at the golden blaze,


Where Sol the West is adjoining,
But this .J,e lar better than all


To lie abed il the morning.
That po.ts should sing of the joys Of spring,


Is not in the least surprising;
But I can't conceive how man should weave


a sonnet to early rising
Though Franklin Of old was o sage, am told,


can't go with him in scorning
The blissful scenes in the land Of dreams,


When lying abed in the morning.
I love to lie when the sunbeams shy,


Come peeping through the curtains;
When phantoms bright regale the sight


With visions OF coffee and mullins;
When the birds loud thrill from the distant hill
The chorus of nature Is joining;
If there's aught below can Danish woe,


'Tis lying abed in the morning.
Let those who choose, retire to snooze


When the ducks and chickens are going,
And rub their eyes when forced to rise


at the chantic.eers dismal growing;
They loose thu sight of the gorgeous night,


And spend the days in yawning;
Til midnight damp I'll burn the lamp,


And lie abed in the morning.
Year: 1870

sere cautioned against the other day as the
great manufactory Of French war lies. There
was no fighting at all at the time and conse-
quently no defeat. The Germans are prose
cutting theta plans, while the French loudly
reiterate their intention to "die in the last
ditch" Siege operations DO mot admit OF
brilliant end rapid results like field cam
palgn, and we must therefore expect that the
progress, if any made, will be slow and
tedious. Meanwhile il is well to take these
special dispatches to the New York papers
with a Drain of allowance.
Year: 1870

The floods which have just occurred on the
great Virginia rivers and their tributaries have
rarely been eqnalled, even in that State OF
mountain streams. The destruction of prop
erty is lamentable, the more SO because it en-
braces valuable mill properties of country
put little able to lose anything in its present
struggling condition