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Year: 1870

Arc wa to understand that the recent or
der of the Chief Of Police of Cincinnati,
mentioned in telegram yesterday, that the


tshont doors" of the liquor shops be
closed on Sunday, is to be taken as the
measure of the morals of that city? As
the order applies to the front doors only,
it is to be understood that the back doors
are to be left open, and all, therefore, TINT
the Cincinnatians care for, is, not to get
lid of an evil, but only the appearance OF
it. Peter Pindar tells Of q pilgrim who IVES
enjoined to put peas in his shoes, as pen
ance for his sins, in long pilgrimage
to the shrine of saint On his way back,


be met another sinner, toi1iug along with


lacernted feet, whom he ga,ly informed


that he had taken the liberty of boiling his
peaa This pious soul was evidently the


prototype Of Cincinnai. They do homage,


in that city, to abstinence aud sobriety by
closed front door and darkened front
windows to the g1og shops, and insist that
the kin Of sabbath-breahng shall appear
decorous and see1n1y by being tolerated
only in the back bar-1oom- They boil
'penitential pens, in Cincinnati, by takiug
their Liquor On the sly- The outside Of the
sepulehre, at leust, is white and shining.


We are curious to know il this is the
method of their morality in all things in
Cincinnati We knew before TINT she Was
nothing If not respectable, and that she
pzided herself, nbove al things, in putting
on good appearance before men But we
did not know before that she openly COM
promised with the devil by leaving the back
door open, and, provided that he would
agree not to be seen of 1aen ut the front,
he mi ght come and go as he pleased at the
1ear entrance. Cincinnati must be
a charming place for sinners;
for where all can be saints
by only seeming 50, what possible gain is
there in human estimation, in the painful
practice of rigid virtuea At any rate, the
Sabbata1iaus and the total abstinence peo-
pie owe debt Of gratitude to Cincinnati
for having solved difficult problem They
have only to amend their respective plat
forms by declaring, the one, that we must
remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy,
by leaving only the back doors open, and
mixing the front of The house only close
and dark; the other, that we must abstain
from all intodsating drinks, except in the
back ba1-1oom- Good for Cincinnntil
Year: 1870

Our friend and brother-editor of the
Spirit Of Jefferson has removed to q dis
tant State, having given up his interest
in that paper. For some years Mr..
Besll was associated intimately with
US in this ofice-having taken here his
first lessons in the "art preservative of
arts. Afterward he assumed the conduct
of the Spirit, and though as was only
natural in two journals first politically
opposed to each other, and since the war
differing sometimes On minor loal points,
amenities were occasionally thrust aside
by asperities, and We have now and then
found it expedient to give each other
right severe rubs, yet these exceptions
only prove the general pleasant feeling
existing between Us, and the many
years of friendly intercourse that have
passed enhance our regret at his depart
ure to distant field of labor to which
he carries our best wishes for his resto-
ration to health and long career of
usefulness aud prosperity.-Free Press.
Year: 1870

Editors OF the Regis istsr:


Every Democrat in tie city should
vote the whole city ticket to-day. 1t
has been fairly nominated by conven.
tion of delegates who were fairly chosen,
and no Democrat in the city has any
right to complain if the ticket does not
fully represent his wishes. 1t undoubt-
edly reflects the wishes of the majority
Of the party, as expressed in the usual
way, and unless we are willing to throw
our party organization to the dogs, it
ought to be supported. No man who
scratches q name from that ticket TO-
day, can consistently object If his own
name or that of bis dearest friend is
stricken off at some future election.


There are some gentlemen claiming
to be Democrats who are candidates in
opposition to the regular ticket. Some
Of them might have received the regu.
lar nomination had they suffered their
names to GENE before the Convention,
but, by their action, they have said to
the Democracy: Gentlemen, we don't
want your support; We can get along
without you.


If we ould make our party organi.
zation effective for good, We must stand
together. The time is coming when We
will need every vote. Vote the straight
ticket, and show 10 the common enemy
an unbroken front. DEMOCRAT.
Year: 1870

The Republican organ of this city
claims for its party an honest devotion
to thorough reform in our city affairs.
The Democrats have presented by far
the best ticket in the field to-day, If in
deed it is not the best ticket offered to
the voters of this city for years. Con-
ceding to our Republican citizens all
that the Intelligencer claims for them,
W. respectfully submit that the ends
they desire can best be reached by sup
porting the regular Democratic candi'
dates for city offices. While they claim
that the reformers of last year need re-
forming, let US remind them that the sue
cess of the superior candidates present
ed By the Democratic City Convention
will insure that end beyond doubt.
Year: 1870

LET us have an emphatio mai oIity
for the Democratic ticket to-day. To
this end you can contribute by voting
and working for that ticket. This you
can do oonseientiously. II ID worthy
Of your support.
Year: 1870

1t is well known that the present Pope,
Plus TX, was never married, but it is not
generally known how near he once came to
that blissful state. The Rome corr ,spond-
ent of the Boston Traveller says mat he
has the documentary proof and the asser-
ton of the relations of certain Miss Eos.
ter, which reveal the existence of ro-
mantle incident in ihe early life of the
Count Ferretti, in days when the world had
more charms for him tbln the Church.
The reader will remember that it was Just
fifty years ago last April that the present
Pope took the vows of priest; in 1882, as
Archbishop, he was transferred from Rome
to the SEE of Imola, and made Cardinal in
1889. The story is as follows:


The world at large does not know that
fifty or sixty yesls ago he was engaged to
be married to a Miss Foster, the daughter
of an Irish bishop, and the sister of the
Countess de Sails, famous at that time In
italian society, and that the young lady
and her friend waited at the altar of the
church of st. Luigi de Francesi (near the
present ofice) for Count Mastai -Ferretti to
appear and complete his marriage VOWS,
and they waited and waited in vain, be-
cause the young Count never came. Nor
is the world aware that the explanation
given to her before her death was that his
Jesuit relations had forcibiy abducted him
and sent him abroad under oath of secresy,
which he never divulged till after be was
Pope, and that this lie caused to be com
municated to her, to ease his own con-
science and her broken heart.


This story will solve the mystery which
has existed concerning his taking the vows
of the priesthood.
Year: 1870

This material is generally looked upon as
largely resisting the action OF fluids. 1t is
Invaluable to the chemist because of this
quality, fuoric acid being the only reagent
which will attack il destructively. 1t is
still true, however, that much of the glass
in common use yields some ofthe sonstitu-
ents or its surface to solution in water, and
win lose its polish. Housewives will toll
in vain to restore brightness to the inside
of decanters and tumbleIs which have be-
come cloudy by long use. 1t is not a de-
posit on the surface which looks so much
ike dirtiness to the eye of a careful mis-
tress. but q loss of substance which has
been solved away. Glass is perishable aside
from being so easily broken. 1t Is more
easily scratched than many suppose. The
continual use of silk in wiping spectacles
will be sure to cover the lenses with min
ute scratches till they are blurred, and the
troubled wearers begins to think that his
eyes are growing dim. To keep lenses
from being scratched requires no small care.
They shOald never be touched with silk,
but only with linen, or chamois-skin, and
this as free from dust as possible. The
more subtle effects of light and magnetism
upon glass are exceedingly curious. Some
SORT If change is induced in the atoms, with
moro or less permanence. One or two
cases have been recently reported of land
scape pic ures being visibly impressed on
glass surfaces after long exposure in a
bright sun. These statements remain yet
to be verified, but they are not more singu-
lar than the established fact that
magnetic current sent througha coin,- lying
on glass, will leave copy of the coin on
the glass.
Year: 1870

DIR. Willard Parker has been depreeating
overwork. He says mo man can work
faithfully for more than four to six hours
in the twenty-four. If that time is exceed
ed all the phosphorus is carried off, and
the man becomes irritable, broken down,
and has softening of the brain. There Is
much of the Dr. S usual good sense in this,
only. taose who are familiar With his own
habits of intense activity will judge that he
does not take account of his own expert
ence. These are many exceptions to be
named of such workers as Humboldt and
SIllEman, who took but four hours sleep in
the twenty-four. The brain is delicate
instrument and may be easily ruined; but
if one only knows how to use it rightly,
and has a strong common-senSe presiding
over the will, great deal can be gotten ont
of it, in the way of work, without harm.


Versatility is great safeguard. There is
such thlBg as having too many irons IN
the FIRE; but the man who can turn his at
tentiOn to various studies, and is not tied
to one suhiect can accomplish much more
than four hours work a day. Lest any
should make excuse for improper laziness
of habit, let it be understood that there Is
considerable difference IN what men call
bIain-woTk good deal that we have OBJ
serv never cOEld hurt anybody, nor make
a single hair gray. Much pDttering with
books, and no small amount OF page-cOyer-
ing. which some folks do by the reaIn, are
of thi, kind. To such, this dictum of DIR.
Parker need give no sort of alarm. The
phosphorus in their brain IS in no danger
of giving out. 1t is only the downright,
hard. personal thinking, together with
anxiety of mind, which draws on the vital
powers and exhausts the nutrition. Out
side of that our mental operations are
more of the nature of recreation than labor.
Indeed the mind cannot rest, utterly inaet-
i've, without mischief There must be
something to engage its attention, except
during actual sleep.-Ctr. stan Union.
Year: 1870

Ice can be turned in lathe and lenses
easily formed through which the rays ofthe
sun in passing will cause heat sufficient to
ignite a match. These ice lenses are so
easily made and renewed that they have
been recommended for use for sstrononi-
cal purposes in countries the temperature
Of which is below that of freezing for two
or three months Of the year.
Year: 1870

According as the cold OF winter lncreas-
es, swine of all ages and sizes require in
creased attention, 1t is well known that
animals of every kind require more food iD
Geld weather than in that which is mild
and open, as instead of being appropriated
for laying on fat or Strengthening bone or
muscle, large part of the provender con-
sumed goes to form caloric to sustain the
heat of their bodies. Fattening hogs in
cold weather is difficult process unless
they are provided with warm and comfort
able pens and feeding places. 1t is not
good management to turn hogs out of
warm beds in snug pens, to feed in cold,
unsheItered yards. The men who make
the most money by breeding and feeding
swine, keep none bat the best breeds,
manage to have the pigs come early, and
sell the hogs fat before they are year old.
Sows with htters should be taken special
care of in cold weather, provided with
warm pens, good beds, and nutritious food.
Sows sometimes devour their young, being
driven mad by indigestion. This terrible
propensity may be prevented or cured by
giving the animals moist, soppy food; a
mash of boiled turnirs, carrots, potatoes or
cabbage, will remove the cause Of the
malady
Year: 1870

The past year has not, on a whole, been
a satisfactory one to farmers especially to
those engaged almost wholly in the culti-
walton of wheat, oats and cereals of like
nature. 1t has been pretty well demon
Ftratsd that to sell wheat at eighty cents a
bushel entails an actual loss of fully twenty
five per cent. to the average farmer As
far as corn and oats are concerned, it may
be truthfully said of those who have at all
entered largely into their cultivation, have
barely held-their own While the prices
of grain have thus ruled low, those of ami
NAL products have been comparatively high.
This, however, would be no reason for
farmers to rush extensively into the busi-
ness of stock raising; the lesson which they
received from hops ought to be sufficient
to make them refrain from ever embarking
in similar enterprises.


But it teaches the necessity of rotation
of crops, the advantages of which are very
Obvious. In the first place, there is less
exhaustion OF the soil. Single crop farm.
ing is very severe on land; a rotation has
been found to improve il. Again, rotation
brings in improving crops, such as clover
and hoed crops, which either in their
growth or cultivation add largely to the
amount of crops produced on the farm.
The farmer, through this, is better pre-
pared to meet the various demands in the
different markets, and is not dependent on
the success or failure of one crop for his
success or failure during the year. Aud
another great point is that with good rO-
t. ton the farm work is not so hurried at
any particular time, but is spread over the
whole season, doing away with the cost of
much help, which single crop farming must
necessarily incur.-DstrOit free Press.


Horses, Working Oxen, sc.


Horses require constant attention through
the winter, as they are liable to contract
diseases when kept in dark, Hnclean, badly
ventilated stables, and to fall away in con-
dition when not regularly fed and cleaned.
The ammonia which is so abundant in filthy
stables frequently causes Inflammation of
the eyes, and sometimes total blindness, in
horses. 1t is a good practice to scatter
plaster over the floors of stables frequently,
for the purpose of fixing the ammonia,
which is volatile. Every stable should be
a model of comfort, cleanliness and regu-
larity. Every improvement that adds to
the comfort of the horse and the economy
of provender should be introduced. Work
ing oxen should be kept in good condition
the winter, and should have
exercise when not at work; close cOnfne-
ment in the stable or sheds is not good for
them. Mich COWS and young stock should
be we'll cared for throughout the winter, for
they are entirely dependent on their own
ers for provender at this season. Vicious
oxen or cows should be separated from
other stock, and got rid of as soon as pos
sibie. ... ...--


Cara M Swine i'm winter
Year: 1870

rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT CHAS. STEIN
i has Power of Attorney to transact my busi-
in Hamilton and, l intend to close out
in said place about the LIST day of July, all in
debted will do well by going to Stein and set
tling their accounts on or before the aforesaid
day. FRANK WHEELER co.


go All accounts with the firm of Fra
Wheeler Co. unsettled on the LIST day of July
will be left in the hands of collector for col
lection. CHARLES STEIN,


jy-4 Agent of Frank Wheeler & Co.
Year: 1870

TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD


Iwish to give Information to gas consumers how
managed. have only ten gas burners in my house,
and seldom have than one or two lighted at a
time. Ny months bills were SIX dollars l went to
the gas house, but could get no reduction salts
faction. then concluded to use nud and only used
one gas light. My bulls were even fifty cents more.
friend then told me lt was oil guess work. and
sad to prove It, II would burn every burner IN the
house the next month he would pay oil over the
amount Of the previous bill. have done so ever
since, and strange 10 say, my bills have been az low
AZ s. SO, and never over five dollars; ana tho last
with IL all, my bills have been no more and 81 so
less than when used only one light
Year: 1870

To the Edftor Of The Tribune.


SIR: IL is our national interest and duty to have
declared and unequivocal policy Of POLITICAL COM
mercial and industrial fraternity toward all the Re-
publcs of the Western Hemisphere We hare no such
polioy Our National Government is in that respect
far behind the common and business of
people We regarded by the inhabitants Of those
countries as greedy selfish and lawless, and danger
ous instead of friendly to them, when we ought to
be considered an afIectionate and tender elder
brother, in whom they could confde. Such position
would be of great advantage to them, while it would
give us their friendship. and make them customers
and consumers of our productions.


Iseek this enunciation of policy by tho Govern
mept propose to begin it with Mexico as the near
est and most important well as because the words
can be exemplied by practical works done under the
wholesome inspiration of the laws of trade and bus
ness.


NV memorial to Congress shows the condition Of
Mexico and the reasons for tho work she requires. 1t
then enunciates in a preamble, the policy deemed
10 be warranted by what is said in the memorial.
This preamble is followed by the form of BILL Civ
ing lust such powers to organize capital for working
ont such enterprises of railways and banks as our
citizens and the Government Of Mexico mutually
agree upon, which could be done under the general
law of interpretations for the State Of New-York.
This would serve as pedestal upon which to place
the declaration of policy contained in the preamble
and as a convenient mode of giving it Executive
sent And believe careful consideration will show
it to be the simplest most unexceptonabe, and most
elective way Of attaining the end desired for the
good of our own country. But if better mode can
be suggested, it will snit me better.


What desire is, that the memorial l presented
shall go before the American people, and that its
facts and conclusions shall be carefully and candidly
1yeiCbcd ere the momentous issues involved are
forced upon us in shape admitting of neither alter
native nor consideration. Yours, truly


w. ROsECRANS.
Ncc York, April 27, 1870.
Year: 1870

THE SOUTHERN CENTRAL RAILROAD is now COM
reed tie entire distance Owego popular and
porous Agricultural and Manufacturing districts thus efficiently provided
for the Southern Central will be large both
freight traffic be rich Agricultural country through
which will aori constantly increasing business he great
Auburn whose waterpower s the best
in enterpng along the ln will always secure
% this rosd good income.


yERMYE Co.. Financial Agents Of the Road offer the remain
ing with confidence believing
them good that has been placed this
The Bonds Seven cent have thirty rum and
they at the opto1 Of the holder
Year: 1870

The market closed very strong on Governments and
Railroad stocks At the call Governments were OIL
from to !, but became strong again later In tho day


The following the Government quotations Of Messrs
Year: 1870

SAN Francisco, May 9th, 1870.


EDITOR REGISTER - Dear ,Sir-I
avail myself of the opportunity of penning
you a few lines in regard to the crop
prospects of this State, which trust you
will give place in your paper, as 1t IS
no more than right that the farmers in
your part of the valley should have the
benefit of the grain rnarketif there is any
prospects of an advance In prices.


1t is now well settled fact that we
will not have more than half a crop of grliu
in this State. Should we not have any
more rain, say inside of eight days, we
may not have more than one-third of a
crop. Your farmers will do we'll to hold
all their oats till, say about the 18th OF
July, when they will be able to realize
much better prices than they can obtain
az this time. All kinds of feed grain
will rule higher for the next twelve
months to come.


Very truly yours, Fl. J. A.
Year: 1870

THEIR HOMESTEAD PoLIcY.-It is
edifying to find the Democratic press
contending that the public lands should
be reserved wholly for homesteads for
the people, and that none of them should
be given for the construction of railways.


That party comes up in an entirely
new character, when it appears as the
champion of homesteads. 1t always re-
fused to pass homestead law while it
had power 1t was not until May, 1862.
when the Republican party was in the
ascendant, that the bill to grant home
steads to settlers passed. Then every
Democrat in the Senate save ONE voted
against it, and every Senator identified
with the Republican party voted for it.
Senator Stark of this State voted square
" against it: Senator Nesmith lodged
the question. An examination of the
Confessional Globe for the second ses-
sion of the Thirty Seventh Congress,
PaYx Third, page 1851, dfscloses these
significant facts.


In February preceding the passage Of
the bill in the Senate it was before the
/ House The only opposition it met was
from the Democratic side. Among those
voting nay, when the bill was put on its
passage, was George X. Shiel, the Dem.
ocratic Representative from Oregon. A
Democratic Representative from State
whose citizens had each been given .
square mile of land by the General Gov
ernment voted against homestead ac
designed to secure to actual settlers the
benefits of home upon the public do
main. From this it will be seen tha
Oregon, then represented wholly by Dem
ocrats, gave no vote for the measur,
which the Democratic press here nov
processes so much to admire The recor,
of the party on this subject is not sucl
as to inspire the country with much con


idence in its present Professions Ore
9onian.
Year: 1870

The new Constitution of Illinois was
signed on the 18th by all the members
but five of the Convention which framed
it, and will be submitted to vote of the
people on the last Saturday (3Oth) of
July next. An address to the people has
been issued setting forth the prominent
features Of the Constitution The press
Of Chicago generally commend the new
instrument:
Year: 1870

The House Judiciary committee have
agreed on an important bill regulating
the mode Of discriminating the ratification
of an amendment to the Federal Consti-
tuition, based on one introduced by Bing4
ham. The first section makes it the duty
Of the State Executive to forward certifi-
Gates of the ratification to the State De-
partment, where they shall be on file /; tho
second declares that after the certificate
Of ratification has been given it shall be
unlawful for any State officer to certify to
any repeal, unless Congress shall have
proposed to rcpealj and if such certificates
Of repeal is received, tho State Depart
ment shall make no account of the same;
but 1t shall be void and Of no effect the
third section declares that after three
fourths Of the States have ratified any
amendment, persons 80 attempting to re-
peal, either by color of State law or by
ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of
misdemeanor, and on conviction be sub
ject to Imprisonment.