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Year: 1871




The following extract from a9NeW
York journal, written after the occur
renee of the fire in Chicago, is signih-
cant and should be yidely spread:


Meanwhile the North west is in an
anomalous condition. A large surplus
was left over from the crop of 1870, aud
the higher prices that have ruled here
this Autumn have stimulated the farmers
to rush their grain upon this city in a
perfect avalanche, our receipts thus far
exceeding those of any year of the past
decade. Every available railroad car
sras1 weeks past, and loaded almost to
breaking; some of the loads being fifty
per cent greater than the regulation
quantity of twenty thousand pounds.
The quantity of grain is increasing on
our hands at the rate of three quarters
of a million bushels per week, AMI our
are already so nearlg full
that the proprietors are refusing TO re-
,eiye grain from canal boats, stating that
hey are under contra% to receivelll that
comes in by rail, and they have No room
,ven for that
Year: 1871

TIE adulteration of food is frightful
and growing evil, and it is pleasant to
see it checked in any direction. Our
-four, coffee, tea, sugar, butter and lard
are less trusted by the people every year.
Lard and lard oil, especially, are cor
rupted by the free admixture of cotton
seed oil. A paragraph in the New Or
leans journals reminds US of this: assert
ing that the cotton seed oil presses have
been compelled to stop. the large "hog
crop" of the last year having brought
the price of lard oil so low that cotton
seed oil is no longer in demand to adul-
terate it. Until the price of genuine
lard oil goes up again, consumers may
hope TO obtain it pure.
Year: 1871

THE Grand Duke Alexis, son of the
Emperor of Russia, whose arrival in this
country is looked for daily, is not as has
been stated in some quarters, the heir
apparent of the Russian throne. He is
third son, and his eldest brother, who
married the Princess Dagmar, of Den
mark. has an heir, which makes his pros
pect of being Emperor of Russia very
slim. Under law of Russia, the heir
apparent to the throne is forbidden to
leave the empire.
Year: 1871

NEW YORK, Oct. ia correspon-
dent writes from London that an alliance
has been effected between certain mem
bers of the peerage and representatives
of the working classes, the object of
which is to overthrow the present system
of government. The Commune princi-
pie perVades the platform.


The same writer hints that the Queens
condition is such that she may die at
any moment
Year: 1871

A MAN recently came to his death in
curious manner at Venice, Italy. He
was standing near the bronze automaton
on the st. Marks bell tower, which tells
the time of day, with his head between
the bell and hammer The hour came
round without his notice; the antoma-
ton struck one aud knocked his brains
out.
Year: 1871

HA young minister whose reputation
for veracity was not very good. once ven
tured to differ with an6ld doctor of divi-
nifty as to the efficacy Of the use of the
rod. why" said he, 1.-The only time
my father ever whipped me it was for tell
ing the truth" ..Well, it cured you of
it, didn't it?' retorted the doctor.
Year: 1871

The MEDICINE He NEEDED. .-Sem
twenty-five years aso. Deacon +. gooC
citizen Of Gloucester, Mass. was taken IL
with fever The doctor was sent fer. tn,
good old deacon, went through with tho is
yer. and there was but little prospects 0
his getting well, he was so weak lie wa,
dreadful hungry all the time, SO much SC
that he used to dream. Of good things to eat
and when he awoke and found it all ,
dream, was terribly dissdpeintcd The doc
tor absolutely forbade his eating anything
but thin grue, and small allowance ever
of that Now the deacon thought he might
as we'll die ono way as another. and wa,
not going to starve if he could help it,


One morning as ho lay on his bed hal
asleep, he saw his wife pass through thu
room with roast chicken, which she wa,
going to pu, in the closet Of tho room al
joining. to keep FOR supper.


lie quickly resolved to eat that fowl
himself, so when his wife returned, ho call
cd her to his bedside and said THAT he
believed he could get some sleep fshc would
not enter the room during the forenoon,
and would also keep the children from max,
ing any noise" 10 this she Willingly as
scnted, and when she left he made all the
exertion in his power to "get up and get
for the chicken. He was iearfully weak.
but hunger drove him on and after severe
trial, aud obtaining the fowl, he crawled
back to bed Wash, it delicious, and
didn't he roll the savory morsels under his
tongue! Nor did he stop until all WAS eaten.
What to do with the bones was tho next
thing. He was too weak to get up, SO he
put them under his pillow and quietly
went to sleep, feeling much refreshed with
his meal. w hen lie awoke, the doctor was
there. who congratulated his patient upon
the marked improvement in his appear
anee, ,renarking ";hai be knew the medl
cine left the day previous would have al
astonishing good effect F"


This made tho deacon smile, as well il
might Now the wife thought that Will
the doctors assistance, il would be a capi
tai chance to get her husband up and msk'
tho bed. lie protested against it, but final
ly sssented, and the good woman in pull
ing off the shee. pulled the pile 0! bones 81
the floor. If ever there was sa surprised
female it was the deacen's wife. She look
cd at the deacon, and tho deacon looked a
her. and finally told his story. The listen
sswere Mortified. fearing that death woul'
speedily ensue from such meal by slcl
man 1"Don't trouble yourself about that
for tho chicken was all needed" sale
the deacon. "and ! am going to havc an
other tomorrow. as the one ate oda,
has had q most astonishing good effect.
The doctor protested against it, but it va
VI uoaval. The deacon's dander WAS riz
and BY means ofa generous diet he was u!
and about his business in ten days tune
Year: 1871

after he has left you. you can tot


remember wh:lt he had on. This
is the dictate OF common sense.
The mdn should he so much, more
apparent than his clothes that H.
should be thought of and they
not. Now the Christian Iaw is
only this maxim OF good taste en-
'argcl and cCnsccraLcd. Let the
Christian dress so That Christian
manhood shall not be ovcrlaid,
Disguised Or mis!nterprctcd. Let
Christians so dress rs TO show that
their hearts arc not on these
things, bat heavenly. Whatever
goes to Indicate that dress IL su-
premc object in life, and whatever
implies this, is just SO far forth
wrong and unchristian. There is
no better definition Of en- iiol than
that it steals the heart away from
God and whom dress does, it is as
much IN idol as ever Molouh was
and it is fast coming to be seen
that it is Il worship no less cruel
and bloody.
Year: 1871

James Brooks writes to the New
York Empress, from China;


They tell a good story in Pekin
Of Gov. Seward, when here-doubt-
less a lie, but too good story to be
lost for that. The expectations of
the Ex-Governor were doubtless
great, when he entered the great
capital Of this great Empire, with
which he had made a great treaty;
and he therefore indulged in these
expectations of a great welcome.
As he enteted the gates of Pekin, a
great funeral procession was going
out, with music, cstafalque, &C., &c,
all as imposing as a grand process
sion of some great dead man could
well be made. The Governor was
entering with the marine band Of
the Colorado, mounted on donkeys,
as the grand procession was going
out. The great living and the great
dead thus met. The Governor nat
urally enough, concluded this was
in honor Of his grand entree, and he
rose and rose, in his open Sedan
chair, and bowed, and bowed, and
then ordered a halt, and got out, and
bowed, and bowed again, to the cat
afalque and the dead. The Chin
ese think all foreigners are rather
mad, and hence did not marvel over
it as much as they might; but when
Governor Seward found out what he
had done, the story is he was more
mad than pleased.
Year: 1871

In relation to this subject the ed
itor of the Journal Of Apptted
Science calls attention to the great
value of the sanfower plant in vari
Gus economical applications. Ac-
cording to this article, the sunfower
can be cultivated very rapidly, an
acre of land sustaining $4,000 plants
at twelve inches distance from each
other. The flowers are very attrae-
tive to bees, and furnish q great
amount ofhoney. The average pro
duction of seeds may be estimated
at fifty bushels to the acre, yielding
fifty gallons of oil. This is said to
be equal to olive oil for table use,
and is well adapted to burning in
llamp,s soap making and painting. The
refuse of the above quantity of seed
will produce ], 800 lbs of oil cake,and
the stalks may be either burned to
furnish potash, or when treated like
flax may be made to yield a fiber as
soft as silk, and in large quantity.


In cultivating this plant for seed
it would not be practical to allow
the plants to grow closer together
than is allowed for corn. There
must also be some mistake about
the quality Of the fiber obtained from
this plant. We do not think that
there will be economy in its cultiva
tion in the West, except for its SAM
tary value.


Its value as an arrester and absor
Der of mlasma would seem to be
pretty well established, and the seeds
are Of value as winter food for pOul


try. There are many plants cult


vated that might well be displaced
by the mueh-abused sunroWer.-
!, Westera Rltrel.
Year: 1871

There is nothing more distinctive
among women than the difference of
relative age among them. Two WO
men Of the same number of years
will be substantially of different
epochs of life-the one wearied in
mind, faded in person, deadened in
sympathy; the other fresh and
Young, both in face and feeling, with
sympathies as broad and keen as
they were in her first youth, and
perhaps more so; still as easy to be
amused, as ready to love, and as
quick to learn as when she first
emerged from the schOol-roOm.
The one you involuntary suspect of
undertaking her age by halfa dozen
years or more, when she tells you
She is only forty; the other makes


YOU wonder if she has not overstated
hers by just as much when she
laughingly confesses to the same
AGE. The one is an old woman, who
seems as if she had never been


young; the other only a girl, who
seems as if she never would grow
old, and nothing is equal between
them but the number of days each


has lived.
Year: 1871

Samuel Duhobret was a desciple
of the famous engraver, Albert Du-
rer, admitted into the art-school out
of charity. He was employed in
painting signs and the course tapes
try then used in Germany. AS he
was about forty years Of age, small,
ugly and humpbacked, he. was the
butt of ill jokes among his fellow
pupils, and selected as a special OBJ
iect of dislike by Madame Durer,
who tormented the scholars and do
mestics as well as her master, by her
Xantippical temper. Poor DuhO-
bret had not a spice of malice in his
heart, and not only bore all his tri-
ais with patience, eating withoutcom-
plant the scanty crusts given him
for dinner, while his companions
Jared better, but always avowcd him
self ready to assist those vino scoffed
at him. His industry was indefatig-
able. He came to his studies every
morning before day-break, he plod-
ded, and said nothing Of the paint
ling he had produced in his lonely
chamber by the light of his lamp.
His bodily energies wasted under
incessant toll. No one cared enough
for him to notice the feverish color
in his wrinkled cheek, or the increas-
ling meagreness Of his mishappen
frame. No one observed that the
Ipoor pittance set aside for his mid
lday meal remained untouched for
several days. The poor artist made
his appearance as usual, and as
meekly bore the gibes of his stu
dents or the taunts of the, lady;
working with the same untiring as
Isiduity, though his hands trembled
and his eyes were sufused with tears.


One morning he was missing from
the scene Of his labors, and, though
Iiokes were passed about his appear
lance, none thought Of going to his
lodgings to see ifhe were ill or dead.
He was indeed prostrated by the low
fever that had been lurking in his
being and sapping his strength. He
was half delirious and muttered in
coherent words, fancying his bed
surrounded by mocking demons,
taunting him with his inability to
call priest to administer the words
of comfort that might smooth his
passage to another world.


From exhausted slumbers he
awoke faint and with parched lips;
! it was the fifth day he had lain in
his cell alone Feebly he stretched
out his hands toward the earthen
nitcber and found th9t it contained
not a drop Of water. Slowly and
with difficulty he arose; for he knew
that he must procure sustenance OF
die of want. He had not kreutz-
er. He went to the other end of the
room. took up the picture he had
painted last, and resolved to carry il
TO a dealer, who might give him fol
it enough to furnish him necessarief
for week longer.


On his way he passed house be
fore which there was a great crowd
There was to be a sale, he leaIned,O %


many specimens of art colleced du
ring thirty years by an amateur
The weary Duhobret thought h
might here find market for his pic


ture. He worked his way through


the crowd, dragged himself up tn
steps, and found the auctioneer T.
Year: 1871

Our rule has always been to give


nothing, unless we know exactly


what to do; and in the meantime


attend to every exterior comfort


practicable. If the weather is cold.


place it in warm quarters, avoid all
exposure, and attend to pure air and


strict cleanliness. But there is one


medicine that can never do harm,
and is commonly, beneficial; this is
pulverized charcoal AS We have
just remarked, nearly all sick ami
mails become so from improper eat
ing, in the first place. In nine cases
out of ten the digestion Is wrong.
Charcoal is the most efficient and
rapid corrective. 1t will cure in a
majority Of cases, if promptly ad-


ministered. An example Of its use
the hired man came in with intel


Ilgenee that one of the finest COWS


was very sick, and kind neighbor
proposed the usual drugs and pois-
ons. The owner being i'll and una
bic to examine the cow. concluded
that the trouble came from some
over-eating, and ordered a tea-cup
of pulverized charcoal given in wa
ter. 1t was mixed, placed in a junk
bottle, the head held upward, and
the water with its charcoal poured
downward. In five minutes an i'm
proVement IVES visible, and in S few
hours the animal was in the pas
ture quietly eating grass. Another
instance Of equal success occurred
with young heifer which became
badly bloated by eating green ap-
pies after a hard wind. The bloat
was so severe that the sides were al
most as hard as 8 barrel. The old
remedy, saleratus, was tried for the
purpose of correcting the acidity.
But the attempt to put it down al
ways caused coughing, and it did
little good. Halt a teacupful of
fresh powdered charcoal was next
given. In six hours all appearance
Of bloat had gone, and the heifer
was well.-COuatry Gentleman.
Year: 1871

''That palter with US in double sense"


-iShakspsGre
The river flowed laziIy on and on,
The boatmans labor was oar;
But the farmers boy was still at work,
For the farmer was no mower
The farmer he used to drink in his day,
And he kept himself all the time fool;
But the boy knew liquor would fly to his heat
And wisely he kept his cool.
The farmer he liked nothing better than drink,
His drinking it would be ge gin
At early dawn-while at dewy eve
He would freely indulge in his inn.
He would leave his boys to see to the work,
And two of them went to sea
And never came back, and thus compelled
Their brother to busy be.
The boy understood the bad place he was in
The place who can know-hotelH
But he kept up his courage and bought hin


some hives,


And his bees brought honey to cell.
He sold his honey all out by the pound,
But was not very stiff in his weigh,
Except when it came to cutting his grass
When he always would have his hay.
He'd go back from market in cheerful mood,
To enjoy the sweet, sweet hum
9th busy bees, which kept at work,
Though little he cares for 'um-
He cares notfor rum; he's temperate man,
But he cannot give up his swine;
He likes good porl-but not from hedge-hogs,
IT'S not for such pork you pine.
He had lots of fat cattle, which beloved quite


loud,


And of course they were all them herd,
And he made large profit from getting up


cheese,


For which small expense was in curd
Although his horse has never yet laughed,
He can easily do his mile;
But still the young master rarely rides,
For his saddles not good nor his tile.
What he knows about farming, he's quite


proud to tell,


For his crops have been never yet beet,
And his beans and potatoes are all OF the best,
Though his white corn don't equal his wheat
He keeps in his kitchen the very best cooks,
For there all the good things are maid,
And the dinners are sure to be always we'll


dressed,


When served up by persons so stayed,
He liked good meat in his house to eat,
And if he should miss steak,
He would be in great pain until all was ex-


planned,


Or something was done for his ache.
He'd eat like glutton of tarrapin soup,
OF chickens and oysters too,
And then he would pull at his pipes or cigars
Till the smoke up the chimney few.
He likes in summer a plenty of air
For his comfort he's often intent,
But so selfish is he if one asks for relief
He never will give assent.
Sometimes in hammock he'd lie and enjoy
A little son and heir,
And would make his plans for roast next day,
When he hoped that the wether'd be fare.
Now time rolled on and he grew very old
Though his laugh was almost as high
And when his back hair began to turn gray,
He then was prepared to dye.
And now he has gone to his long, long home,
His many great faults who may write?
But, we think that his virtues will be kept in


mind,


And we all know the qoido'0's might.


Boston Advertiser.
Year: 1871

A Qusbec dispstoh ssys that g trnnk
mystery csse has arisen there which hiss
crested intense excitement. A box was
found the other day Et the Grand Trunk
railway depot, containing the mutilsted
body Of female in partially decsyed
condition. The limbs lad been cut OF,
and the q sab dropped from them in large
pieces. The box was left by stranger
whose name is unknown. Foul play Is
suspected. An investigation is pending
Year: 1871

respects the independence of others.
This fiery ordeal of war through which


we have passed is the reliable guarantee
of European peace. Powerful and self
reliant, Germany now bequeathes to you
the regulation of her own affairs as q
satisfactory heritage. To the especial


qualification Of Germany, the Conference


at London, in peaceful spirit, has achiev-


ed the work of reconciliation. 1t is now


the task of the Reichstag to heal all


wounds and confirm the thanks of Father


land to those who have paid for victory


with their blood and lives. Let the


Reichstag cooperate with the Govern
ment in its Constitutional mission
of perfecting the laws for the
welfare of the people. The Consti-
tutional arrangements contemplated
by the Government involve the
provisions of the separate treaties made
in November with the Southern States
which will receive in q new act 10 be sub
mitted to the Reichstsg better conforms
tion and more harmonious rendering.
The amount to be contributed by each
State toward the current expenses of the
Empire demand legal settlement, and
sanction is to be given the separate laws
of Bavaria which will be introduced. The
war indemnity win be disposed of with
your approval in conformity to the re-
quirements of the Empire. The just
claims of the Empire on account of the
war viii be laid before you
as soon as possible. The
position of the reserved territories
renders necessary special legislation,
which will be speedily brought to your
attention. Pensions for soldiers and
support for widows and orphans are to
be provided for, and measures to these
ends should be made to apply to the
whole empire, for all fought with equal
devotion, and deserve equal honor and
reward. May the establishment of the
German Empire be the promise of future
greatness. May the war fought so glo-
riously, be followed by equally glorious
peace, and our people henceforth prove
victorious in the universal struggle for the
fruits of peace.
Year: 1871

We were sitting at our table yesterday
paragraphing on locll matters during the
pleasantest part of the day, when a shrill
boyish voice came up from the street, above
the rattle and din of passing vehicles, with
the old familiar cry, Ceres yer fresh,
cool sulphur-warER" ER"-the refrain of 'fce
all around" was not added This was the
first cry OF the season from the sulphur
water carriers, and it instantly carried us
back in mind to the heated days of last
summer. It will not be long before the
voices of the sulphur water urchins will be
heard sll over the city.
Year: 1871

The Winchester and Alabama Rail-


road-Agreed Basis of SettIement-
Favorable TO the Company.
Mr. J. G.. Woods, President of thssWin-
chester and Alabama Railroad Company,


has been in the city couple OF days Past,
during which he has fled his snswer on


behalf of his company, to the States pro-
ceeding in our Chancery Court against the
same. After eOnferring with the counsel
for the State, ne, assisted by Col. J. B.
Lamb, of Fayetteville, and they have
agreed to decree, to be entered upon the
re- opening of the court some two weeks
hence, which is quite favorable to the
company and not unfavorabis to the State,
which promises to end the litigation as to =
that road. The purport of the agree
ment, we learn, is that proof shall


be taken as to the value Of the


road, under which the company shall have


the right, upon payment Of the value so
ascertained within sixty days from the date
of the decree, to the absolute ownership Of
the road, conditioned that such valuation
shall not be less than $500, 1000 in the
bonds Of the State. If within sixty days
the valuation amount subject 10 this mini
mum, shall not be paid by the company,
then thirty days are allowed the stock





raise the amount in the bonds Of the State
and take the road If at the expiration Of
ninety days, the three hundred thousand,


or valuation above that amount is not paid,


the commissioners on the part of the State


are authorized to sell the road to the high
est bidder, for any amount it will bring.


Though the minimum fixed is small COM


pared with the apparent debt of the State
against the road, it is quite as much as the
road is worth in its present condition, and


probably more than it would bring under
the hammer. 1t has q valid claim for iron
to the amount of five or six hundred thou
sand dollars against the Federal Govern
ment, which has been transferred to the
State in consideration of State aid, which
ought to be collected, and with proper sf-
fort, no doubt will be. The arrangement,
under all the facts, will be as favorable to
the State ss that of any other of the delin-
quent roads. 1t is also favorable to the
stockholders and to the people Immediate
ly interested in the road, since it affords
them an opportunity to make the purchase
on reasonable terms, and to save the road
to themselves beyond all contingency. 1t
is to be hopedthey will avsil themselves of
the opportunity and raise the sum which
may be required, and not run the risk Of los
ing the road altogether. Proof has alresdy
been taken TO some extent, by MIR. Woods,
and it is probable the valuation viii not
exceed the minimum fixed by the agree
ment, which will be the order OF the
Court. ..r ,.---a
Year: 1871

A YOUNG lady at temperance meeting
said: "Brethren and sisters, cider is
necessary to me, and l must have it. If
it is to be decided that we are not to
drink cider, l shall eat apples and get
some young man to squeeze me-"