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Year: 1873

Prof. Voelcker thus explains
the action of clover in increas-
ing the fertility of soils: Gail
who are practically acquainted
with the subject must have
seen that the best crops of
wheat are produced by being
preceded by crops of clover
growing for seed. / have come
to the conclusion that the very
best preparation, the best ma
nure, is a good crop of clover.
A vast amount Of mineral ma
nure is brought within reach OF
the corn crop, which otherwise
would remain in a locked-up
condition in the soil. The
clover plants take nitrogen from
the atmosphere, and manufac-
ture it into their own substance,
which, on decomposition of the
clover roots and leaves, produ-
ces abundance of amonia. In
reality, the growing of clover is
equivalent, to great extent, in
manuring with Peruvian guano,
and in this paper OF mine I
show that you obtain a larger
quantity Of manure than in the
largest dose Of Peruvian guano
which a farmer would ever
think of applying. 1t is only
by carefully investigating sub
jects like the one under con-
sideration that positive proofs
are given, showing the correct
ness Of intelligent observers in
the fact"
Year: 1873

JEFFERsoNIAN honesty and
rapacity are what the farmers
of Hennepin county, Minnesota,
think the officeholders ought to
have. It is not wonderful,
therefore, that they condemn
the salary grab, and declare
that "this condemnation would
not be complete did we fail to
include the President of the
United States by whom sigma
sure is to become a law"
Year: 1873

Down with the Rings.
Down with the Monopolies.
Down with the Salary Grab
bers.


Down with Credit Mobiliers.
Up with the Farmer.


Up with the Laborer.


Up with the Artisan.


Up with the Mechanic.


Up with the People.


The Democratic party is the
political foe of every man who
cannot stand upon his plat
form--it is the political friend
of every man who can adopt it.
Year: 1873

A GLASS goldfish GLOBE gill
ed with water, @t fire to the
sleeve of q lady's dress in New
Haven, the other day, by con
centrating the rays of the sun
Quite a large hole was burned
before The fire was found
And the innocent goldfish in
the globe didn't know it was
warm at all.
Year: 1873

T ~
raise him up in laziness, and
ifI allow you to have your way
and him his, | will spoil the
lad, so | shall. Keep him at
home to cut wood to-day


81 hope you will not persist
in keeping Willie out Of school,
for the child told me in tears,
that he could not keep up with
his class, and stay at home over
half the time. | found him cry
ing this morning because you
told him he must stay at home
to-day. You will so dis
courage the boy that he
will never be anything | fear"


While this talk was going
OH Willie been at the barn feed
ing, and just now came up and
said.


81 do want to go school, for
when | stay at home, the othd y
boys get ahead of me, and theh
it is hard work to catch up, and
| have been put back twice
since [ commenced going, Oh
account Of being kept at home
so much"


"Do you 60 out there and
handle that ak, and see how
much wood you can chop, or
I'll put you back in a way you
don't like"


This last remark settled the
whole matter, for Mr.. Lorenzo,
the boys Uncle, was a resolute
and very stubborn man, and his
orders had to be obeyed.


Ifyou could have stolen up
behind Willie, as he tried to
chop wood that morning, you
could have heard him sob, and
when he stopped the swing of
the ak, it was only to wipe the
big tears out of his eyes so he
could see where to strike.


Any parent, or guardian, who
prevents those entrusted to
their care from a regular and
prompt attendance at school,
should be held to answer be-
fore the law, especially in a free
State,


The day wore away, poor
Willie,all the time thinking how
he was losing ground.


The cold-hearted, Mr.. Lo-
renzo, took his ease, and calm
ed his conscience by telling
Willie that night, that "he was
a whale to cut wood" but the
poor boy went to bed that night
as he had often done before,
with a sad heart. Tired little
form, soon go to sleep, so af-
ter the accustomed "Our Faith
er" had been repeated, with the
couplet:


"Now / lay me down to sleep"


Willie fell asleep to dream
the following singular dream.


TO BE CONTINUED.
Year: 1873

Coroner Kessler was yesterday called to the
Sixth precinct police station, to hold inquest in
the case Of John Fitzgerald, man who was acct
IDENTIFY shot and killed on Wednesday evening, by q
pistol In the hands OF Henry Ducet O lad twelve
years Of age, living IN Mulberry street. Henry was
amusing himself with pistol In Worth street, near
the street bullet took effect In Ftzgeraldis right
temple and passing inwards caused death soon
afterwards. Captain Kennedy, OF the Sixth pre-
cinct ordered the arrest OF the boy Ducet and also
detained several witnesses at the station house.
The boy charged with shooting SO recklessy in
the public street and thus sacrificing the Lie OF
ngly was committed to the Tombs. There were
number OF boys with him at the time, who will be
called to testify when the case comes up.
Year: 1873

Soreness of the breast or lungs, or liver
difficulties, are relieved by placing two or
three thicknesses of flannel wet with
Renne's Pain-Killing Magic Oil over the
soreness when retiring to bed at night.
Try it. One application will help you very
much
Year: 1873

NUTRITION: How PossIBLE-The blood
is simple this.--A solution or FooD.
Now it is the function of the blood, to
build up afresh continually every portion
Of the frame But for this bud ding-up
process, it is not enough that blood be
present, simply There must also, 50 to
speak. be a willingness and readiness on
the part Of muscle or brain, or whatever
else it may be to take up from the blood
the peculiar nourishment it may stand in
need Of ''One man, as the saying goes.


may lead the horse to the water, out
twenty men cannot make him drink. we
must make the horse willing we mu st
coax him. So also we must coax the
worn-out muscle, the worn-out brain, to
drink-drink Of the lite-giving blood
stream that washes, as it were, its very
lips There is nothing that eoaxes the


unwilling horse, in this case, like DIR. Got
, tlieb Fisch Bittersl


/ This subject continued next week under
/ d" Hon 90 Enjoy Winter.
Year: 1873

We see by the Chicago papers that
PRocToR 4 GAMBLE have reduced the
price of their long established and popular
brand NOTIFIED GERMAN SOAP, its pres
ent price and superior quality makes it the
cheapest as well as the best soap for CON
sumers. 6-23d3m
Year: 1873

NEVER SAW THEIR EQUAL.-The editor
WIS., Co,rant says We do not hest
tate to recommend DR. Prices Cream
Baking Powder and Special Flavorings.
We use none other in our family, and
they more than meet our expectations.
Knowing these articles to be of rare ex-
cellence, we have no hesitation in urging
every housekeeper in the land to give
them trial, feeling satisfied that they will
indorse their claims for purity, strength
and Quantity.
Year: 1873

A SEVERE TEST.-The Commissary
General of the United States, after trial
Of all the principal starches in the country,
decided that Duryea's Satin Gloss
Starch was the best that could be procur-
ed, and the government from that time to
the present are buying this article. This
is fact worthy the attention Of eonsum-
Year: 1873

A MosT USNATURAL CRrME.-Gregoire
Russell, resident of the Sixth District,
was before Recorder Campbell. charged
with outraging his ten year q1 daughter
The evidence was considered very cOnclu-
sive by the recorder, and witnesses fully
substantiated all the poor girl complained
of in this instance. The daughter asserts
that this is the third attempt her unnatural
father has made to compel her to do a
worse than beast!y act. Judge Campbell
unhestitingly sent accused to the Criminal
Court and refused to take bail tor the cu-
prit, wisely saying that tribunal higher
than his must assume the responsibility of
allowing such a brute liberty on bail Or
ANYTHING.
Year: 1873

agination refuses to picture to itself the
horrible and ,depraved scenes enacted
when the sun has set, and those two poor
little lanterns swinging by cords from
the roof, shed their faint, Pickering light
on the man Of human wretchedness shut
in from the outer world A sojourn in
the Saladero would demoralize the
strongest mind. Therein the innocent
become criminal. and depravity doubly
depraved. The abuse OF power, the total
disregard Of humanity, and the disgraced
administration Of law which my visit TO
this hellish place has revealed, would
also justify the overthrow Of the govern
msnt that has tolerated them.
Year: 1873

A Utica boy who attempted to am
putate cats tail found that the alb
sence of the old woman who owns
the cat is necessary to the perfect sue
cess of such an experiment. His face
looks as though Buffalo Bill had set
tied an old grudgc against him.
Year: 1873

THE trial of Bogart for embezzle- ment while a clerk in the Navy has ended. The finding of the Court Martial has been sentto the Secretary of the Navy for lis approval and will not be made public until passed upon by that officer. There IS not a shadow of doubt that the Court found him guilty. This miserable creature but few months ago was a reporter on on the San Francisco Chronicle, and under the pretence of purity and re- form, daubed and blackened the name of good men with all the ease that kitchen maid blackens a stove. His scurrility made sensation and sold the paper, but such enterprise is a disgrace to the profession, and a paper that resorts to 1t will sooner or later go down.
Year: 1873

WE are informed by the Postmaster of Tucson that it was the invariable practice of Lieutenant Amy, who was recently murdered by the Apa- ches at the San Carlos, to send in postal orders to his mother and sister in Massachusetts, one half of his salary as regularly as he drew 1t. He was undoubtedly their main sup port and nobly did he perform his duty to them. How many young men there are who spend their money foolishly in dress and dissipation who could do much to make the life of 8 mother or sister comfortable and happy, if they would follow the ex- ample of Lieutenant Amy, and in doing this how much more happiness they would make for themselves. But it Is too often the case that the poor old mother who has spent so many anxious years in training her son for a life of usefulness Is forgotten her wants or necessities are not considered and even the poor boon of writing to her Is neglected and she IS allowed to wait and watch anxiously for years, not knowing whether her son is dead or alive. We once heard of young man whose parents were poor but after he had launched his bark on the open sea of life fortune smiled on him and ample means and fashionable wife were very soon obtained, and the old mother was offered home under his hospital roof; but the gay wife did not like the arrangement and complained that the ways of the old lady were old-fashioned and quaint, and desired to have her removed. The dutiful son replied in this way: "Wife, that good old mother tenderly nursed me when no one else on earth cared whether I lived or died, and when l was not able to care for myself; she has been my truest friend since my earliest recollection she has had cares and vexations with me and has suffered hardships and privations for me that would cause you to sue for divorce and 1t would be granted you. Now 1 love you both, but if you can't live together in harmony then you must go, for poor old mother shall never be driven from my doors And this incident recalls another that came under our observation, of an old man who had amassed wealth and divided it among his children; but as soon as this was done he became burthen to all and his life was intolerable. After some meditation he placed an old iron chest in the garret of one of his chil- dren's houses, and securely locked 1t; at once the rumor flew among the children that 1t contained immense treasures of gold and from that instant each one vied with the other in ten derly caring for the old man. In due course of time he died, and before his body was cold the iron chest was broken open, and in it they found a mallet and these lines: "Any d-m old fool who gives away his property before he Is dead, take this nallet and knock him in the head"
Year: 1873

INSPECTOR GENERAL SACKET is expected here next week. He is highly spoken of as an officer and gentleman and comes direct from the Secretary of War to inspect the mili- tary posts on the Pacific Coast.
Year: 1873

THE settlers in exposed localities Ill Oregon, 1t Is reported, have been supplied with improved arms and am- munition to protect themselves against Capt. Jack and his eighteen warriors. We are glad to hear this. Every American who is exposed to Indian barbarity and is too poor to purchase arms for self-defense should be sup piled with the means to defend him. self, and although there are at least 300 regular troops. with 100 friendly Indians now operating against Jack and his eighteen warriors, and one hundred and fifty Oregon volunteers and probably by this time company of California volunteers, still We believe 1t Is equally necessary that every settler who IS exposed to danger shall be armed for self-protection, be- cause with all the soldiers and volun- teers that can be placed in the field, 1t is an impossibility to give ample protection to each mans house. We cannot help but contrast the difference between the action of the government in this Modoc war and its action i'll the Apache war. By begging and entreating we have succeeded in ob- taining from the government "A stand of arms for the use of the set tiers, the most of them and perhaps all by this time, were due the Terri tory from a fund that Is annually set apart to purchase arms for the several States and Territories to arm the militia with. Of the arms we have drawn, about one third or more are now III the hands of the Indians on reservations, having been taken by them from murdered citizens, and when treaties have been made with them they have been allowed to ret tin these arms as their own property. At least one half of the remainder have become unserviceable by reason of four years of usage in the open field, so that 1t will be seen that without any negligence or blame on our part, but remnant of the guns that were drawn and given to the settlers is left. One third of them has gone into the hands of the enemy, but the own CTS sold their lives dearly trying to hold them. Far be 1t from our thoughts to complain of the efforts the govern ment may put forth to protect its citi- zens, be the foe great or small, and no matter where the citizens may be assailed, but we think the security of every section should be alike consid- cred. Now for this vast Territory with more or less hostile Indians roaming everywhere, with the In- dians on the reservation in constant foment, General Crook cannot to save his life put 300 soldiers in the field, and every effort we have made for volunteer assistance has been promptly negatived. The last Legis- lature asked for 300 improved guns to arm our poor people with, but 10 attention has been paid to the request, and we have hundreds of citizens who have labored industriously for years and have had all their earnings taken from them by the Apaches and are now too poor to pay for a gun to defend themselves with. We hope the same influences that have caused such ample preparations to be made for the defence of the people in the Modoc country will, when that war is ended, be brought to bear and aid In giving ss ample protection to the poor settlers who are exposed to Apache barbarity.
Year: 1873

A ladywrite recommendeda cosmetic
Of tar and olive oil for identifying the
complexion. Some who tried it found
that the application brought out a fear
full crop of pimples and turned the skin
yellow. The writer now declares that
the ointment has been friend to them,
in detecting state of the blood that is
ANYTHING but safe. People Of sedentary
habits, who pay little attention to their
food are not aware in what vitiated
state their blood may be for want OF
sunshine, good food, and exercise. Its
torpid current leaves no visible marx OF
disease on the surface; the morbid hu-
mors concentrate in the vital organs,
and finally appear in the form OF chron-
ic disorders. Consumption leaves the
akin clear and brilliant, because the
fonI matters which ordinarily pass on
through the skin are eating away the
life in ulcers beneath. The tar brings
these morbidities to the surface ana
one application leaves q face in q sorry
state sometimes. The writer knew three
ladies of different families who tined
the recipe at the same time with fright
fnI results. The reason was, they were
all in the state when dose Of blood pu-
rifier would have had the same effect.
One of the party kept on using the 10,
ton, and her face became smooth ana
improved after trying it three OF four
times
Year: 1873

There is good deal said in censure
of the custom of jumping off and on the
cars when in motion. 1t is righteo us
condemnation, but is not consistent
when coming from railroad companies.
If they truly desire reform they must
begin at home, fot as long as employees
will Jump on train when in motion,
and persist in doing it as gracefully as
they do, an initiative public will be the
sufferers. People don't Jump on train
before it stops because they are in
hurry, but because they have seen
brakeman or conductor do it, and have
a terrible dread of being surpassed.
Now, at the station the other day,
Conductor Phillips, of the eastern train,
after giving the word to start, waited
until the last car reached him, and then
raising one hand to the rail and one
foot gently from the earth, he swung
majestically around, and was at once
firmly on the car. Mr.. Phillips weighs
two hundred pounds, but there was
such grace and poetry in his motion
that he seemed to blend with the car.
First there was yellow paint, and then
gold leaf, and maroon, and Phillips.
There was an elderly person who saw
Phillips do this, and his eyes glistened
with anticipation. He was going on
the western train, and when it came
along he waited until fine rate OF
speed was gained, and then raising his
hand and leg, Just as he had seen
Phillips do, and looking. carelessly
away Just as Phillips did, he reached
out for the rail, and the next instant
was trying to push his head through
the platform planks, and fighting the
air with his heels, and madly paving
around with his hands, and swearing
and praying at an awful rate. They
stood him up on his feet and rubbed
his mead with some snow, but it was a
long Thile before they could convince
him that the locomotive had not e1.
ploded.
Year: 1873

The brown fields forget their bloom,
Lost in o solemn trance
Golden leaves 60 to their doom,
Torn by the winds, perchance.
No more buildings Of June


Show on the naked stem;
No mere birds. just in tune,
Echo the Joy after them;
No more fluttering wings,


Eager to put to the test
Whether, among other things,


Home life or travel were best.
Nowhere now may We find


The white-weed's silvery star;
There's not rose left to remind
Wherefore the sharp briers are.
Yet where we miss the clover


The windfails lie, ripe and red;
And patient eyes may discover
That Summer is sleeping, not dead.
Year: 1873

The St. Louis Republican says;
"We sometimes hear of Texas
steers on the rampage in the
thronged streets of a city. There
is a terror in their wildness, and
people give them a wide berth
when they are fortunate enough
to be able to get out Of their
way. They are no respectcrs
whom they meet, and appear to
regard all the world as arrayed
against them in a deadly strife.
When a Texas steer gets on
such a frolic, his career is near
Its close. He never gives up
| the chase but with life. A Tex
as man appears to be a still more
dangerous animal, and one Of
the kind closely related to the
brute lately broke loose in Gal
weston. He started out much
as the steer starts, except that,
in addition to his horns he car
ried a large knife, which he
took occasion to plunge in the
back and sides OF people who
were in his way. He stabbed
six men in all, killing one out
right, mortally wOunding an
other, and making sore places
for four others. 1t was u po-
liceman he killed, and another
policeman whom he mOrtally
wounded-the other four were
common riff-raff. He was final
ly taken alive, and at the pre-
liminary examination he tried
to make it appear that he was
suffering from delirium tremens.


He seemed to regret that he
killed only one of six, and thinks
he could do better than that II
he had another trial with a bet
ter knife. Fora time some of
the people thought that legal
forms in his case would be Of
no use, and almost made up their
minds to take charge OF him,
but they finally the law take its
course. His name is James 3.
Helm, and his father and moth
er live in Floyd county, Fir-
ginia.
Year: 1873

Judge Jilson, Of Wisconsin,
an old Free Soiler and original
Republican, inquiries, through
the Kenoska Union,


GLOW much of the Philadel-
phia platform was in earnest,
and how much for buncombe?
How much civil service was
meant, how much economy, how
much of the splendid promises
their contained were real, and
how much was intended as
sounding brass and tinkliny
cymbal?' The dOings of the
last Congress and the actions OF
Gen. Grant have given us
very strong inkling Of what the
true answer would be IL fully
given. The Republican party
is clearly responsible for the
acts of it's representatives"


There are thousands of Re
publicans who would ask in
similar way if they were not Z
fraid of injuging the party.
Year: 1873

A New FEATURE OF COCE-
TRY JOURNALIsM.-A Montpel-
ier paper introduces a novel
feature, in a column devoted to
its delinquent subscribers, who
are served up as ''black list Gus
toners" The way these tel-
lows are pitched into Is some
thing audacious: George Ii.
Carter had the paper at Chester,
and the last we heard Of him he
was in Jail at Rutland, for u
sing other peoples money. A
man who will cheat the printer
will not be above any kind Of
stealing in our judgment. E
lisha SlaytOn, whom Calais dis
owned and Woodberry was a.
shamed OF, has not paid us yet.
Hope his new found religionhas
not left him, but we do not think
q religion worth much that does
not lead a man to do works meet
for repentance. Lyman Iiink-
son has not had a shot from us
for sometime, aHd we have not
learned that he has given up his
audacious lying, or become q
decent man in any respect" At
ter more ofthe same sort, a part
ing salute is fired in this wise;
"1hese are all that should ap-
pear in this list this week, but
it is as far as we shall go just
now. Very soon another III
stalIment is coming; so hurry
up, if you would get under shell
ter before the storm bursts over
your head"
Year: 1873

The extra pay voted by the last
Congress to the President and the
members OF the two houses a.
mounts to 100000 a year. This
sum is equal to five per cent. inter-
est on eighteen million of dollars,
and thus eighteen million is the
exact aggregate represented by
this robbery.


If the President and Congress
had put their bands into the
treasury and stolen eighteen mil
lion of dollars outright, and there
made an end of it, the transaction
would be precisely equivalent to
what they have now done. They
have not taken eighteen millions
gross, but they have taken the in
terest on that sum, and left the
matter in such shape that it will
be taken every year to the end of
time unless the thieving law is re-
pealed.


What the members Of Congress
have done is not merely to filch
the beggarly sum of S., 900 apiece,
and what the President has done
is not merely to fiIch bis $4,000
year for four years, They have
done this and they have done
more. They have virtually run
the nation in debt TO the tune of
eighteen millions. In order that
they might grab their miserable
thousands for themselves they
have added this great load to the
enormous burdens of the people.


Is not eighteen millions too dear
price to pay for such a Congress
and such President?-N. 7.
SIM.