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Year: 1871

THE PURPOSE OF FooD.--For what is food given To enable us to carry on the necessary business of life, and that our support may be such as our work requires. This is the use of food. Man eats and drinks that he may work there. fore, the idle man forfeits his right to his daily bread and the apostle lays dowr rule both just and natural, that, {" ii any man will not work, neither shall he eat ; but no sooner do we fall into abuse and excess, than we are sure te suffer for it in mind and in body, either with sickness or ill temper, or vicious inclinations, or with all of them at once Man is enabled to work by eating what ii sufficient he is hindered from working and becomes heavy, idle, and stupid, i he take too much. As to the bodily dis tempers that are occasioned by excess there is no end of them.
Year: 1871

now represented in any social club; and that do not know>of any two husbands more thoroughly and discreetly ruled by kindness in the whole of this great city of New York than they are.
Year: 1871

THERE are two reasons why some peo- pie don't mind their own business. One is that they haven't any business; and the second is that they have no mind to bring to it if they had. uS.zs.
Year: 1871

DoxN PIArr says in recent letter to
the Cincinnati Commercial;


People who opposed the impeach'
ment of Andrew johnson are beginning
to lament that the impeachment was
not success. The one great fear that
the Fathers Of our Government had for
the republic they founded, was in the
executive. They had been taught by
the experience Of mankind to regard
with dread the tendency Of the one
man power in the executive toward
despotism. This is well founded in
the fact that to make strong govern
ment they were forced TO give the exc
cutive great power. This continued to
accumulate through our long period OF
peace, and when the civil war broke out,
the President gathered to himself all
that remained. There is no despotism
in Europe so potent as that which was
developed in the President during the
late war. Mr.. Stewards little belr' was
no fiction. Every guarantee secured by
the constitution for the rights that JEFF
ferson pronounced inalienable, were
swept away. A man could be thrown
into prison, and punished in the most
cruel manner, without trial before any
legal tribunal. His property could be
taken, and even his life threatened,
through the will or whim Of the execu-
tive. 70 this power, that yet remains,
is added immense patronage thI ough
the offices created by the heavy taxa
ton necessary to continue the govern.
ment. So we are now presented with
the spectacle Of adull, 81 ow, coarse man
standing in the presidents room at the
capitol in reality the agent Of corrupt
iobbers and common thieves, in appear
ance the President OF the United States,
and debating his wishes to the supple
lawmakers, who dare not assert their
convictions or express the will Of their
constituents
Year: 1871

Mr.. Boutwell,, who now holds the
keys of the National Treasury, is an
oily gentleman as full Of sasuistry and
rascality as the traditional egg is full
of animal aliment, as great an adept
in deception as was ever inflicted on the
country by New England common
wealth. He has managed to secure a
good deal of puffery for the activity()
he displayed in trying to prevent the
Pacific railroad from swindling the Gov
ernment out Of many millions of dol
lars. Now it turns out that Boutwell,
kept his place until the damage was ir-
reparable, and then sent up hue and
cry which was meant to cover up his
share of infamy.


The history of the whole affair is
made public, and these are the simple
facts, without anything having been
extenuated, nor aught having been set
down in m alice. When the Pacific
railroad bills we're first before Congress,
allegations were made and denied that
Mr.. Oakes Ames, member Of the
House Of Representatives from Massa.
chusetts, as well as others on the floor
Of the House, were pecuniarily inter.
ested in its passage. Besides the land
grants, in themselves enormous, Con.
gress gave money to build this road to
the amount OF s70,OOO,OOO, with the
understanding that the company
would pay the money back, and until
such payment WA made meet promptly
the interest The United States were
secured in a first lien On the road, and
on other property Of the company
and the interest paid amounted
to $2,4l7,494 This the thieves
considered too honest entirely
and greedy for additional gain
they secured the passage Of another bill
giving to third parties the first lien
and thus the government lost its securi
ty forever. Through a series OF dis
graceful manoeuvsrs the corporators o
the company became possessed Of, with
Year: 1871

From almost every point in the West, where troops are stationed, we read of deser- tions from the army. There can be no doubt that the late action of the Government in re- ducng the pay of the soldier has had much to do with the unwholesome state Of things now existing in nearly all the Territories. Here, in Arizona, the assertions have, prob ably, been less than in Montana or Wyoming; but this is hardly owing to feeling or greater contentment on the part of the sol dier stationed here. Judging from such cases of desertion as have come under our ob- servaton in Arizona, we should conclude that out of every ten soldiers who sought to es- cape from the army during the past four years, nine were captured and returned to their companies Indeed it is almost an i'm possibility for a soldier unless he happens to be of those stationed at some point near the Colorado river-to escape from this Ter ritory when even ordinary vigilance is exer- cised to have him apprehended. But be this matter as it may, to the soldier in Arizona IS due the credit of serving out his term more faithfully than his co-professional elsewhere in the West In Montana, particularly, the desertion is wholesale. As many as 60 men, in body, have left the service and taken refuge among the Indian tribes. And this fact, however deplorable, is not the worst feature presented by assertions in Montana The soldiers have no sooner found refuge among the Indians than they eyince their ap- preciation for their newly made friends by turning their arms against the Government They constitute portion of every war party depredating upon villages and settlements, a,l SaiI t,h ha tha laa1ara and Atraatnr< of the most successful raids upon the white

 inhabitants. In the work of torture they are said to be the first in everything that is bar barous and cruel. The Sioux, Flatheads, and Piegans. in each one of which tribes more or less of these deserters, and other white scoundrels, are domiciled, are all, again, on the warpath and to their great success in devastating the settlements and harrassing the military, may be attributed the presence among them of so many lawless, white rutfians.
Year: 1871

We are quite we'll satisfied that some of the ladies of Prescott will try this experi- ment.

 pretty ornament may be made by sus- pending an acorn by piece of thread tied around it, within an inch of the surface oi some water contained in vase, tumbler or saucer, and allowing it to remain undisturbed for several weeks. It will then burst open, and small roots will seek the water; straight and tapering stem, with beautiful and glossy green leaves, will shoot upward and present pleasing appearance.
Year: 1871

In the State Department of the Govern ment, the preparation of claims against Great Britain is thriving apace. A statement of the entire expense incurred in the pursuit of rebel privateers, will be presented at the Geneva Conference.
Year: 1871

A Mich gander presented himself to
the sheriff. weeping. and said he could
not tell a lie he had killed his wife
and chill with little hatchst. The
sheriff told him he was too good to
live much lon ger, aud tie chances are
that he will not.
Year: 1871

a MIsrAKE.-The Chronicle few
weeks ago said, and evidently thought the
statement very astute, that "the Tribune
favored Mr. Cobb's proposition TO extend
the N. y. X. X. because the people of Min
eral Point wanted it," We do not presume
to speak for the people Of Mineral Point,
they are amply qualified to DO their own
talking; but we do presume to say that the
Chronicle is very much mistaken. What
TEE sentiments of our people are touching
this question mo- man can have yet deter
mine. 1t may be that majority of them
favor the proposition, or it may be that
three foartrs Of them oppose it. The grjb
'e,e only expresses the opinions of the least
of the 1000 Mineral Pointers.
Year: 1871

A correspondent Of the Western
Fdirler says hog manure will prevent the
ravages of the pesky potato bugs, As there
is probability that these pests will stay
with us the present season, unless the sum
mer is cold and wet, farmers will do we'll
to try what virtue there is in hog manure
to keep these diaholical bugs from destroy
ing the potato crop.
Year: 1871

SUICIDE Tie Galena Gazette give sad
account of the suicide Of q promising
yonng man of that city, named john RIDD
He first drank large quantity of laudnum
and then shot himself with a revolver,
putting two bullets in his body. In his
pocket was found lengthy letter, stating
that for two years he had contemplated
self destruction, and had two or three
tmes.made futile attempts to execute his
purpose. The only reason assigned was
that he felt himself u worthless man pos
sessing such nature that he could not
hope for snccess in life. He says no one
is to blame but himself We quote from
bis letter: 'It is very clear to me, as 1t
must he to every one, that il you are in
the world and are fit for nothing; of no
use in the world, the best thing to do is to
put yourself out Of the way as soon as
possibe and in so doing / look upon
myself as public benefactor
advise all those who find themselves un-
fitted f.r the duties of life to follow my
example | wish, and have
for a long time, that had never been borE,
which serious mistake am now doing my
best to recitfy."
Year: 1871

A Hardshell Baptist minister, living some where on the frontier of Missouri, was in the habit of saying to his family and to his church: Friends, you need not take any unusual care of your lives; the moment of your death was writ before the foun- dation of the world, and you cannotalter it.

 His wife observed when he left on Satur- day to meet one of his frontier missionary engagements, that he dressed the flint of his rifle with unusual care, put in dry pow der, fresh tow, and took pains to make sure that the gun would go in case he came upon an Indian.

 It struck her one day as she saw him in the saddle, with his rifle on his shoulder, that his conduct contradicted his teachings, and she said to him:

 "My dear, why do you take this rife with you? If it was ''writ" before the foundation of the world that you were to be killed during this trip by an Indian, that rife won't prevent It; and if you are not to be killed, of course it is unnecessary; SO why take it with you at all2"

 "Yes," he replied, ''to be sure, my dear, of course you are right, and that is very proper view but, see here, my deer-now- really-but then-you see, my dear-to be sure-but then-suppose should meet an Indian while I am gone, and his time had come, and I hadn't my rife with me, what could he do9 Yes, my dear, we must all contribute our part toward the fulflment of the decrees of Providence"
Year: 1871

Our Sunday school convention passed off very nicely with the exception of its being a very unpleasant day for it. Showers coming up very often and destroying the comfort of those who happened to be out. But notwithstanding the extreme unpleas- antness of the day, our hall was we'll filled, and our new depot with it's tables wei! pat ronized by people from the neighboring towns. We were disappointed in not sec ing the face of our editor down here, but presume he was very busy aud could not come, for we kaoD that it was not the rain that kept him away. He is not one of that kind. Lakeville were very plucky and got out it's four horse team with large load, and came down through the rain and mud in style that showed not only that they were plucky, but that they felt deep interest in the cause. There were many incidents connected with the occasion that would make very interesting chapter, but time and space will not admit of doing it here. I hope some one will find time to give you good description of it.......Therc has been before the court in this place during the past week a case of incendiarism. A young girl was tried for setting on fire milk house. belonging to A. N. Dibblc, and was bound over to appear before the superior court. Before the same court also appeared case of drunkenness, and disorderly conduct. A young man was arrested and tried for being drunk and

 creating disturbance. He was fined $5, ,o0

 and costs. Farmers are getting in their

 tobacco crop, which appears to be very

 good on the average. MORE ANON.
Year: 1871



 The Furnace company have again stopped their works for repairs, but the farmers have concluded not to blow out till their tobacco crop is all gathered. Their crop is very fine one this season, and they think they will be fully able to supply the large demand expected to be made upon them for the extensive cigar trade of the enter prising juvenile merchant, who has recently established himself in business at the end of the pile of lumber near the railroad de- pot. Some of the mischievous lads in our village, being fully aware of the bene- fits to be derived from advertising, conclu- ded few evenings since, Tn that way to render aid and assistance to an airy drum mer, who in their estimation was carrying altogether too much canvass to sail with safety in these waters. So hugely was he swelling around the depot, that to relieve him of his misery, they commenced by attaching one of Railways Ready Relief Almanacs to the skirts of his coat, and was about to apply other remedies, but seeing that Radway was already sufficient to let him down several stories in length, con cluded to let we'll enough alone. He isn't as large as he was.......Speaking of enter prise, reminds me that it perhaps would not be out of place to say that there are but few, if any; more enterprising millers in this region than MT. D. w. Manvel. His mill is always open, and he is generally on hand to attend to customers, and as mil Ter, his superiors are few.
Year: 1871

Cornwall HOLLOW

 EDITOR NEws.-Your paper has reached us regularly for several weeks, and been cordially welcomed as worthy of it's name. We have already several county papers, but you know,-''There is always room upstairs" as Aristotle or some other man says, and no fear in this instance of your being jostled if you attempt to get up there. We think it time that Cornwall Hollow awakens to duty and reports itself. Not unknown in the annals of our country we do not want our quiet valley, quite over looked by our fellow townsmen and neigh bors. Perhaps you may wonder what we industry here as we'll as elsewhere. ......The Chinese question does not effect us much, although efficient labor is needed badly enough, nor does the Corean war, nor Fe- male Suffrage. "According to Miss Cath erine Beecher" as the Independent hath it ''who has been everywhere and knows everybody in the United States, there is not healthy woman in the Union." That abused part of our community seem in- clined to suffer on uncomplainingly, not knowing perhaps how mere sa!f'rage is to help the matter. 1.-The Baptist church here, which was closed for time is now open every Sabbath. The Baptists are too few to support pastor, but there is sufficient unanimity to borrow from our Methodist brethren on the one hand, and Congregational on the other, and give good audience to their respective pastors. We have also Sunday school and an oc- casional ''slngin' meeting.". ".....I think the crops here are better than it was at one time thought they would be, some farmers however are quite short for hay, but others have very good crop. Some farmers seem always to look "blue," q do not speak particularly of those about here, who draw down the corners of their mouths Gas though nothing would ever go in there again, and dolefully speak of the corn all eaten off by the worms, and the grass so dreadfully dried up, and think there ''aint going to be an apple on the farm" and the potatoes were never SO small nor the grain SO badly lodged" and ''bugs eat everything in the garden and the weather is so bad you can't hardly stir out doors. As though One had not said ''seed time md harvest shall not cease" and who rules lhe great laws of compensation, SO that when one crop is less, another is greater and when the harvest is light, the winters Ire short in proportion.......Th There is no great excitement about the Railroad here, hut we still hope to see the iron horse pass ny some day. It would be an advantage 10 us in many ways, but for one, see also disadvantages. RusT1cUs.
Year: 1871

"A correspondent at Lexington, who would
seem to be OF an exceedingly inquiring turn ol
mind, writes to the Courier Journal a letter,
IN which ne produces series of interesting po-
lltlcal couundrums. They are not less instruc-
tive than interesting, and are given here for
the benefit of any and everybody who may
chance to take delight in that species Of enter
tainment.


Before the Radical regime in this country,
did we ever have President who appointed
all OF his own and his wiie's relatives to Office,
whether capable or not, whether faithful or un-
Did We ever before have President who
habltually received presents of all kinds and OF
ott s,zes, and habitually rewarded the donors
with appointments TO Office proportioned to the
value OF their respective gifts ?


did We ever before have a President who
used his high office mainly to make himself,
his family and friends rich?


Did We ever before have President who
put on the State and surrounded himself with
the symbols OF a military monarch?


Did we ever before have President who
used his power to screen his son, and his SON s
comrades In guilt, from just punishment for
mlsdemeanors committed at the National Mill
tary Institute, in tie face Of the whole peo-
pie?


did we ever before have President who
upheld and retained in Offices of trust and prof
it his father and his brother, after both had
been convicted of CON plioity in downright off,
cial bribery and corruption?


did we ever before have President, the
least of whose crimes and offences against Off
clal decoruln and common decency mot to
speak of high toned, honorable prinoiple) were
nepotlsm aad the acceptance of presents of
land, houses, money, and many other kinds Of
property, cheap as we'll as costly?


Did we ever before have President whose
own partisans acknowledge him to be corrupt !?


Did we ever before have President whose
highest claim to the confidence of the people
was that, as their General 10 civil war, with
the odds OF at least ten to enc in his favor, he,
after long struggle and the exhibition of
perfect indl ference to human butchery, las one
OF his mosg best friends said), was able to win
the fght2'
Year: 1871

TLEGANT HAIR adds u charm to the plain
1I est face; but when faded, features before
agreeable lose thoir comelinoss and the whole
expression is that of advancing ago This being
fact, it is not surprising that even injurious ar
ticles should havo been prepared to supply the
millions who wish to avoid premature gray HAIR
Under these circumstances it will scarcely be
wondered at that NATTANS CRYSTAL DIS
COVERY should have met with such extraor-
dinary success.


It il the only preparation furnishing safe
and reliable restoror for the hair absolutely free
from all poisonous and dclcterlOus matter and
without sediment, and thousands above thousands
have availed themselves oft, not simply because
it restores tho color Of the hair, but because 1t
supplies nourishmcnt. laiccds the roots or the
hair. 80 that where deoaycd it becomes vigorous
and healthy agnin. From all sections of the
country orders and testimonials arc received
daily speaking in the highest terms of its quail
tics as the only preparation that ever gave entire
satisfaction. Those who have used CRYSTAL
DISCOVERY will not use any thing elsei but
TO those who have not triod this excellent
article it is srocomncnded that when they aro again
in want of something Of the kind to give 1t
trial: YOU will be more than pleased; you Will
be delighted with it, and will never again be
without it. Don't let your>druggst, if he has not
got CRYSTAL DISCOVERY persuade you to
buy something else, or you will be disappointed;
rsthor 90 whero you can get it put up in largo
bottles, containing huff as much more as any
other in market and, consequently much tho
cheapest. Price one dollar For sale by WAR
FIELD & HALL, and druggists generally.


mar S-tf
Year: 1871

Arrest and imprisonment OF a Con-


yict Escaped from the KentuCS y


PenitentiarY.


Some days since the police department
here received information of the probable
presence in this city Of James Rice, who
escaped two years ago from the Kentucky
Penitentiary at Frankfort, to which he had
been consigned TO serve term Of impris-
Onment for horse stealing. Yesterday
morning Chief of Police Everett observed
q man in the Msrkethouse whose personal
appearance corresponded with the descrip-
ton given of the escaped convict, and
therefore arrested him. On a more
thorough investigation of the matter, the
identity of the party arrested was more
fully established, the accused being unable
to produce any single circumstance to
make it appear that he was not the James
Rice wanted to serve out the balance of an
unexpired term in the Penitentiary at
Frankfort Throughout the trying ordeal,
Rice conducted himself like a man Of con-
summate nerve and looked as thOdgh this
was not his first experience in a close place.
He was committed to Jail to await requl-
sitiOn from the Governor Of Kentucky.
Year: 1871

Yesterday we observed a large line of
new and beautiful dress goods being
opened by the entsrprisiug firm of Furman
& Co. We found upon inquiring that
their buyer is now in the East, purchasing
a stock for the after seasons trade. They
are determined to keep their stock well
up, aud will be able during the entire
spring and summer seasons to present to
the trade a fresh and attractive stock Of
goods in various departnents. They in
Yite country dealers who wish to recruit
their stocks to apply in person or send
their orders to them, and they will guaran-
tee fair and liberal treatment.
Year: 1871

To the Editors of the Union and American.


don't know much about railroads, but
l do know that it takes nearly all 1 can
make to pay taxes; therefore l am opposed
to the city voting any more taxes, to pay
the stockholders of the Decatur road six
per cent; and am in favor Of he lease,
if it will relieve us of the S12,OG which
we now have to pay every year. AS for
the close connections, don't suppose
they can be much closer than they now
are between the Northwestern and Chatta-
nooga, or between the Louisville and Chat
tanooga roads. That is all have to say
to the County Court. ONLY ONE.
Year: 1871

BERLIN, April 2S.-A deputation of
Catholics recently had audience of the
Emperor and prayed his Majesty to in
tervene to prevent the occupation of
Rome by the Italian Government. The
Prussian Cross Gazette has been author
lied to say that the reply did not commit
the Government to any positive line of
action and no promise of any kind was
made
Year: 1871

Pour down the animal a gill or
more of oil or melted grease of any
kind, and a cure will be effected in
from ten to twenty minutes.


DR.. Ransom writes: Seeing spear
mint and other articles recon-
mended for heaves in horses,
prompts me to mention my expert
ence with another valuable herb in
the cure of this distressing and
troublesome complaint. Feed no
hay to the horse for thirty-six or
forty eight hours, and give only a
pailful of water at a time. Then
throw an armful of well-cured
smartweed before him and let him
eat all he will. In all cases where
the cells of the lungs are broken
down, great relief, if not a perma-
nent cure, will follow. have seen
a horse, with the heaves as bad as l
ever saw, cured by one dose. Smart
weed is valuable for many purposes,
and should be laid away for use
when needed.