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Year: 1872

II is often easier and always safer TO
ask hard questions than to answer them.
What should be and what is likely to
be the ruling price on the domestic wool
clip of1872H 1t would relieve us very
greatly il some reader OF the Farmer
would give US a correct rely to that
nowadays much.asked question. We
shall not attempt to fix the figures at
this time, but merely to call attention
to some OF the elements involved 10 the
! calculation.


|. There is an admitted scarcity in
all grades Of wool. the world over
The wooden machinery now in exist
ence cannot be kept employed for the
next twelve months on the wool alone
which will find its way to the market.
Besides the demands OF the human
family for wooden fabrics during the
same time will. probably, be in excess
of any possible supply


2. This condition OF things must have
for first result to bring manufacturers
into lively competition for the raw ma.
terial, and hence to establish the price
at as high figure as the prospective
market for woolen fabrics may seem TO
warrant.


3. 1t being now certain that wool
will be scarce and dear. the energies
and means and skill OF manufacturers
are already turned upon the question
of substitutes for the pure fibre Shod.
dy and cotton are receiving full share
OF attention, and. as appearances now
indicate, will go largely into the COM
position OF fabrics manufactured by
many mills which heretofore used only
wool. As We write. there is scarcely a
three days supply of wool in the mar
kets Of Boston, New York and Phila-
delphia for the New England woolen
mills alone; yet theY are mostly run
ming, and not many Of their spindles
will stop for lack OF material. They
are simply adapting their policy to the
necessities OF the case, and if wool were
five dollars per pound, they would still
continue to throw off the usual number
of yards Of cloth every twenty.four
hours, using cheaper substitutes in
order to be able to place their fabrics
upon the markets at saleable rates.


While, therefore, it seems almost
certain that the clip OF 1872 will fud a
sale at very high figures and that pure
wooden goods will be correspondingly
high, yet there is little reason to ap-
prehend a famine or panic in either.
All OF us, except those who are the
happy possessors of large flocks OF
sheep, may have to wear shoddy or
"shodden gray an a that" for the
coming two or three years; but it is
some consolation TO know that our
temporary loss is the countrys perma-
nent gain. The wool industry is re.
ceiying deserved encouragement, and
is at last emerging from the difficulty
and almost despair which has surround
ed that all important agricultural inter>
est for the past four years.-PTdiri'
Farmer
Year: 1872

LADY of Springfield, ILL.,, bids fair
to complicate Saint Peters marriage
statistics worse than the hypothetical
widow OF the Sadducee's parable. She
has had seven husbands already. and
is still Young enough to hope, with any.
thing like ordinary luck, to double the
number. The question as to whose
wife of them che is to be hereafter. may
not, however, be so perplexing, for it is
a matter OF history that only one man
ever went to heaven from Illinois, and
he was refused admission because Saint
Peter coaldn't be persuaded that there
was any such place on the map
Year: 1872

THERE is great complaint among our
farmers as to the scarcity Of feed for
stock. In fact many farmers say that
their stock is suffering for feed and that
they are unable to get it any place.
The prolonged winter has stayed the
growth of grass. and the cattle that
might have otherwise picked up come
thing in the fields, have had TO live
entirely from artificial food provided BY
the farmers. This is the case in almost
every part OF the country. The prayer
is for spring sun to warm the ground
into life.-GarksJurg Paper.
Year: 1872

The review OF the National volunteers
at Brighton took place this morning.
The weather was somewhat stormy,
but the attendance of spectators was
immense. Notwithstanding the move
ments executed b. the troops were
excellent and were performed in a
manner which elected much admira'
ton and frequent bursts of applause
from the spectators In consequence
OF the continued rain during the past
few days, the ground was rather soft,
rendering the evolutions somewhat
difficult Of performance. but the vast
body OF troops acquitted themselves IN
very creditable manner.


Observance OF Easier.


Easter services were duly celebrated
in all OF the charches yesterday. los
day is observed as a semi-holiday. no
business being transacted on the Stock
Exchange. and many other places being
closed
Year: 1872

SYRACUSE, Sept. 6.-The two conven-
tions adopted harmonious resolutions.
They met in joint session and adjourned
sine die. Among the resolutions are the
= following:


That the condition of the country is such
as to demand the sacrifice of past prejudi-
ces: the tone of the administration has
been lowered; the civil service has grown
corrupt : the military power is too readily
resorted to the bureaus at Washington
have become centres of favoritism and job
berry, and the Southern States under the
military repression and dictation, have
been subjected to robbery and waste, which
have already imposed upon them nearly
four hundred millions of debt, depressing
industry and hindering immigration, and
by destroying their credit and exposing the
country to shame and contagion of repu-
diation.


The committee to inform O'ConOr of his
nomination will meet him Tuesday. He
stated to reporter yesterday that he con-
sidered an office seeker one of the evils of
the day, and he had made up his mind not
to go into that business.


The Herald, World and Tribune thinks
the State ticket a very good one. The
Times is confident it will be badly beaten
and thinks the nomination Of Kiernan and
Depew particularly weak.
Year: 1872

The Concert itself will be the most brilliant Orches


trail display that occurred in the West One hun
dred performers gathered from all parts Of this coun-
try and from Europe under the direction Of Professor
Hast, will contribute to this grand musical carnival
And to afford ample room for every ticket holder to
enjoy such unusual musical festival, the Concert
have been made to accommodate all who may come.


Persons holding whole, half quarter tickets VIII
be admitted to both the Concert and Drawing. and
none without such tickets will be admitted oeither.
Year: 1872

Two colored countenances fell out last night
near the Atkin House, about some trivial mat
ter, and Immediately pitched into each other in
rock to the Uranium of the other, with such a
degree of force as to cause the blood to flow
quite copiously, which ended the difficulty.
Year: 1872

There was q man in our town
And he was wondrous wise,
He had pain from ear to ear,


Another between his eyes;
And when he saw he had catarrh,


With all his might and main
He purchased Sage's Remedy


And has, his health again. rrT
It is sold by druggists everywhere.
Year: 1872

prove the patent to your rank
Leave yonr wife to be Grand Ouch
css, and in her own little realm
(Which, surely, is not yours) let her
reign with equal freedom and in
equal justice sovereign over her own
pin-moncy. Justice in the house
hold coequal with love will do more
than ten thousand treatises to quell
the public outcry and soothe into
peace the just discomfort of womer.
-Ne,r York Independent.
Year: 1872

AS the sign denotes, it is tru-
ly d Hat Store, both for Ladies
and Gents. Every person who
visits independence is familiar
with Turner'S Millinery and Fur
nishing Goods Store. Last spring
they added to their stock in the
shape Of Gents Hats and Fur
nishins Goods, making it truly
a Hat Store. We say it land
without boasting), that we have
as large and as fine an assort-
mont as can be found in any
store Of our class Of goods west
of Chicago.


To the Ladies Gas usuaD; we
solicit Il share Of your patronage.


10 the Gents-remember it is
truly, surely, and the only Hat
Store in the city. Our Facility
and Experience for purchasing
stock is second to none; expen-
ses small; consequently our
prices we guarantee.


Remember the place, The
Sign of the Big Hat.
Year: 1872

Commissioner Davenport, in New York, is rap
idly earning the honor Of being the most dis
into any house he chooses, to inquire of o nuns
wife the particulars of his business, and, if size
excludes the rufian, Davenport issues c warrant
for her arrest, Or the arrest Of her husband. He
claims to have this authority under the act Of
Congress. It is hardly necessary to say TINT no
authority exists, under any act Of Congress, to
authorize any officer to enter any house and
compel the inmates to tell him where, when, or
how long any person has resided in any place, or
what such persons business is. or anything else.
This kind of despotic espionage should be
brought to etop by tile arrest, conviction, and
punishment of Davenport and his subalterns.
Year: 1872

Lyman Trumbul1 in the past, and ought
to be prouder OF him now than ever before.
One Of the questions presented to the people
at the present time is whether they will e1-
change Senator Trumbu11 for 'tDicl1'' Og1esby,
or Dick anybody else. We have one firing
tailed squealer" in the Senate from Illinois now.
Do We want two?


The principles We contend for will outlast tho
present struggle. Very few Of the supporters
of Grant will vote for him because OF any liking
they hayo for him or his doings. 7lost of them
detost his San Domingo performance, his Leet
d Stocking job, his nepotism, his policy toward
the South, his personal government, his low
grade OF appointments, his disregard Of law. At
all events, they have few apologies to offer for
them- They expect breaking up of parties
during the next four years. Why should it not
come now? Is it likely that Chandler, Morton,
and Cameron, the ruling spirits Of the party,
will reform things to their own disadvantage if
they Ere successful now ? On the contrary, there
is every reason to believe TINT the evils which
drove Sumner, Trumbull, and Schurz out Of the
Republican ranks will be multiplied from this
time forward, and that sheer sef-respect will
force out of the party multitude Of men in
pubEcandpriyate station who have put the brakes
on their Indignation this year, because they
fancied that there was still some remnant Of
danger to the blacks. The Liberal party is the
place to which must gravitate all the progressive
elements of Rociatv IT. ia tha on1v r7artv which
has future grounded upon the present needs
of the country, and looking forward to q higher
standard of public morality and responsibility.
Let us give it. therefore, in the coming election,
our manifest efforts, and trust to the intelligence
and virtue of the people to rescue the Republic
from party despotism utterly crushing to indi-
vidual manhood, and fraught with all the dan
gers that spring from sitting Of private con-
SCIENCE
Year: 1872

sion OF the bearing Of the recent decision in the
United States Circuit Court at Deslloines, con-
cerning the Republic Fire Insurance Company
of Chicago, the Court make a public statement
that the only point decided in the case WAS, that
against Btockholder for the unpaid stock held
by him, because such personal liability attaches,
according to the charter, only on assessments
made. because the losses by fire exceed the mems
of the Company, which was not the pretext for
the assessment on which this action Was based.
Year: 1872

The frauds committed in San Francisco year
ago, where 1900 men, on the eve of the election,
we're put at work in the Navy Yard, and then on
election day given the Republican ticket,
printed on stiff cards which could not be folded,
and thus compelled to vote it, are being repeat
ed On larger scale. Several thousand extra
men we're put at work in the Philadelphia Navy
Yard, lust before the election, and used for the
came purpose. It is now announced that 5000
men have been employed in the Brooklyn Navy
Yard, preparatory to voting them next Tuesday.
There is no pretance that there is any work for
these men to do; they get 3 weeks wages for
political labor outside, and will be discharged
after the election.
Year: 1872

The Tennessee State Democratic Committee
believe that Cheatham has votes enough to elect
him Congressman-at-Large over johnson or
Maynard, but fear that the result of the dis
tracing independent movements will be the loss
of several Liberal Congressman and members
OF the Legislature, unless tho party strength is
concentrated upon regular nominees.
Year: 1872

The steamship Missouri sailed from Now
York to Havana On Oct. II, and has been re-
ported missing. An arrival from Nassau states
that she WAS burned at sea, and that Of all on
board only twelve persons are known to be
been lost among them the Captain and all but
five Of the crew.
Year: 1872

New York are increasing, as is shown by the ad-
vance in exchange. Deposits in banks here do
not increase much, because the money collected
in the country is going forward to New York.
Year: 1872

We have stated a number OF times
and repeat for the benefit OF numer-
ous correspondents, that neither up
per nor under skirts are lined
throughout, even of silk dresses.
About an inch of material of silk and
poplins is allowed at the bottom of
tho skirt, which is hemmed up over
the facing.


Washing materials and thin wools
are somewhat less gored than form
erly at the sides and in front. This
is in consequence of flat trimmings
having superseded ruffies to con-
siderable extent.


Skirts that will wash are almost
uniformly gathered instead Of plated.


Overskirts are now made in two
parts; the apron rounding up at the
sides, and overcapping the back,
where it is finished with low.
Sometimes the apron il double, the
upper one being shorter than the
I-othsr ;s4bTt. they are. always. cut. as
nearly without fullness as possible,
the fullness being confined to the
back. No looping is required, or is,
indeed, admissible, the aprons be-
ing rounded at the sides up to the
waist.


Lower skirts, walking length, are
cut to just escape touching the
ground. High fashion allows them
to touch, but the train upon the
streets is not sanctioned either
abroad or at home and ladies who
adopted it last season because they
were told it was fashionable have
discontinued it, finding themselves
subjected to much dirt and discom-
fort, and chiefly kept in countenance
by the deHli monde.


Sixty to sixty-fve inches is a suf-
fcient length for trained skirt the
enormously long trains which form
erly dragged like the tail of comet
without grace or apparent use, hnv-
ing been very much reduced.


The front of the skirt and perhaps
the vest is still frequently made il
some contrasting color, and thus an
opportunity is afforded for utilizing
scant, old-fashioned siIks, either
black or colored. Black and green,
black and pink, black and white,
stone color aud blue, dove color and
pink or ashes Of roses and green, are
all good combinations.


OF course there are many others
for new materials-pale salmon or
the rose with chocolate brown, wood
color and delicate green but q
cameo tint, pale blue or green with
black is the most stylish.


Sometimes the basque or jacket,
sometimes a vest only, is made Of
/ the light color which forms the front
OF the skirt. but the two colors must
be Effectively combined in the trim
ming or the result will not be sue
/ cess.


Black ribbon velvet viii be much
used a. fat trimming during the fall
and winter French folds Of the ma
! terial will also be IN vogue.
Piping, In the oldfashiOned sense
of "cording," is only used for arm
ftshoic.s but the marrow doubled fotd
is still extensively used and is gener-
ally called piping.


Coat sleeves tight to the arm viii
( be worn to some extent during the
coming fall and winter, and are
| quantity ornamented with two puffs
/ one at the top of the sleeve, the
/ other near the elbow.-DeDlorest.
Year: 1872

Girls, don't think you have reach
cd the substance of earthly bliss
when you can write Mrs. before your
name. To be sure, it is all very
proper, as well as pleasant, to have
a house and husband of ores own,
provided that one is old enough to
take care of the same but simply
to get married is only small part
Of the plan designed by our creator
for our wisdom and Happiness.


To most girls, their wedding day
is day of emancipation from care
joyful beginning of new state OF
existence; of life without shade OF
grief or aught to mar its perfect
harmony. 1t is so pleasant to be
the one idol of a true heart, no
wonder that the young girl sees
everything through rose-colored
spectacles. But, after all, it is as
well to remember that others before
her have entered the matrimonial
state, and found it to be one Of care,
doubt and anxiety. And they were
women as good as the best.


IL Is ILLS lniSJdhG bAlttO 4CelAD 81
many women wrong at the COM
mencement of married life. They
take no thought of their duties
toward another, nor remembering
that all are erring creatures, and
their idol no less clay than others,
only that their love has made it gold.
They expect freedom from care in
married life, but they have only
given up their freedom, and COM
menced life's cares in earnest. Then,
after the first excitement of being
" the bride" and " observed of all
observers, has passed away, comes
the settling down to real, actual life,
and the young wife must needs learn
to eat, drink, sleep, visit, and receive
visitors these are part of her duties
as before while, in addition to her
domestic cares, she must learn &c
adapt her temper and disposition to
another's views, and learn the beau
titul lesson of self-denial, if she ex.
poets perfect peace.


Poets may sing of loves younS
dream and life IN a cottage, bu
practical people will tell you how
much more real is loves awakening
and a comfortable two-story. 1t i
this very dream of love that break
so many hearts. If women dreame'
less of love, and accepted its wide
awake reality, there would be les
disappointment and more real hap
piness. Not until couple have lei
off the dream and turned to the Joy
of real love and life, do they under
stand how perfect love may max
The hearts peace but, alas to
often the awakening comes after th
spirit has flown. SO take my advic'
girls, and if you are iortunat
enough to get steady, honorab


man for a husband, don't spoil yor


chance of happiness by mistake


views. Look upon getting ma


ried" as only part of your missio
Year: 1872

II was said of Thoreau, we be-
lieve. that he could take up any Civ
en- number Of lead-pencils without
counting. A celebrated trapper
once assured us that he could tell
how many balls he had in his bullet
pouch by placing his hand on it, and
without stopping to count them, and
added: 'I can tell the number Of
bullets instantly without counting,
as YOU pronounce a word without
spelling it" Southey was accus-
toned to take in the substance of a
book in turning the leaves over con-
tinuously, glancing down the pages.
Houdan, the magician, trained him"
self to quickness Of perception when
a boy, by running past a show-win-
dow at full speed, and then trying
to tell what was in it. We once
met n man on a canal boat, who was
amusing himself by going from pas
sengcr to passenger, and telling al
most every one where he had seen
him before, on such a train, IN such
n hotel, in such a street, giving date
and place TO peOplc Win LiOIn Ho
had never exchanged a word. This
training of the faculties in partlcu-
lar directions Is carried to marvel
GUS extreme by woodsmen, trap
pers, and men who guess the weight
of animals. Perhaps the most re-
markable instances are the markers
who leap from log to log at the
mouth Of a boon, standing OH the
floating log and translating instant
w an old mark into new one, re-
memberlng what equivalent to give
for each of a hundred marks, apd
chopping it upon the log in the time
that it floats its length. 1t is said
that Thoreau knew the relative or
der of the lowering Of all theplants
in the Concord woods, and knew
the note of every bird and a thous-
and other out-of-the-way things be-
sides.-HeqrH and Home.
Year: 1872

Every industrious, wids-awake per-
son can find ways and means OF
earning money, but afte it is fairly
earned the great trouble with every
body is that it slips away so easily.
Every time you turn you will find
ways and means of Spending money.
Now the great art in spending well,
is to make every dollar show where
it is invested. There are so many
ways OF disposing Of it which never
seem to give any returns. Your
housekeepers need to learn the art
Of spending well A dollar invest
ed in nice covered dish for the
table, Il useful mat for the hall, a
beautiful tree for the front door yard,
will give n hundred-fold the pleas
ure that it would in q strip of trim
ming about the hem of a dress, or a
fat chicken for the table, which
leaves you no better satisfied than If
you had iined off an inexpensive
chop. Think well over every dime
you pay ont, and resolve to put it to
the best possible account. The art
Of spending is even more lmpor-
tant one than the art of earning
money. You can gain it 10y the
spadeful ana yet fritter IL all away
by the spoonful.
Year: 1872

WOMEN make great mistake who
want their lovers to see in them
the end of all beauty and loneliness;
they should rather try TO make VIM
dows of themselves, TO let eternal
beauty that is above and beyond,
shine through them,
Year: 1872

A correspondent Of the German
town Telegraph, writes how to make
guanO From time 10 time, as there are
any bones to dispose of. / take them
to my hen-hOusc, lay them on a fiat
stone and with an old axe break them
I'D fine and let the hens eat them. In
the hen-house under the rOOst there
is a tight floor, and over this floor, i
sprsad dry, fine earth or muck, and
occasionally as the manure accumU-
lates more earth is spread over it
When 1 wish to clean out the ma
nure the contents are shOveled over
and mixed together, and it is then in


a shape that it can be used ct any


time or place. My practice is to clean
out spring and fall, and by having a
supply of dirt to use when wanted, /
manufacture and save, with very lit
I tie labor or expense, a very valuable
/ fertilizer-the quantity depending on
/ the number of hens kept; but the
amount of manure which can be
made from hens in this way is much


larger than one would suppose who
has never practiced it, and the value
oft when carefully saved and applied
to the cultivation of crops is prob


ably more in proportion to the cost o
ikeeping than that Of any other kline


of stock kent on q farm,
Year: 1872

Its insOlent and an absurd assump-
ton To say that the President has pur-
chased the support Of the press Of the
country by the gift offices, or that any
Influential number Of editors have sur
rendered their Independence in return
for Gn Offiee.-tCOmmereial Adverti-
ser.


The truth with regard to this
matter is that, a smaller proportion Of
editors are now holding Office than ev-
er before in the history Of the country,
and there Is less reason than ever be
fore to doubt the candOr or question
II e significance Of the unanimity o!
opinion which peryades stheRepubliean
press Of the eOuntry.-[ Boston Adver-
tiseF.
Year: 1872

There is q man in Buffalo who has
registered a vow never to make a
"humane societYn Of himself again.
He took off his coat and leaped into
the canal to save lady from drown
ing, when q pick-pocket stole ten dol
lars from his coat and the rescued
woman was mad because he pulled her
ehignon of in getting her out.