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Year: 1870

"a NATION"


1t is because those results and ac-
QUESTIONS of that physical conflict
with the rebellion, and of the NOR
al conflict which has followed it, all
belong to one family, are not only
near of kin to each other but are
each magnitudes and values that we
loose all just notions of degrees and
differences of magnitude, when we
attempt to decide which of the
achievements attained by these two
conflicts is greatest.


But look at that one which re-
newed and preserved the Union.
Even throw out of your estimates of
its magnitude the idea that it in
fact saved the life of the Govern
ment itself, and delivered all the peo-
pie from that unnamed and unnam-
able catastrophe which is but poor
ly limited by the words-anarchy-
desolation-ruin.


Look at the contrasts which you
can already see in material and NOR
al results between that Union which
was born of these our two recent
conflicts, and that Union which our
party received in 1861 4 legacy from
the Democratic party. That one
had in it, as alleged, right of Sc
cession-it had in it, even accord
ing to the Interpretation of the last
message sof the last Democratic
President, that it was wrong for
States to go out of the Union, but
equally unlawful to keep them in
had in it what made the Union a
partnership of States, made it less q
rope Of sand, made it myth.
Year: 1870

proper security to respect that saorod lib
e1ty Of speech and action on the part OF
representative Of the people. OF which .his
would he one OF the most preposterous and
Ridiculous violations. But The story il real.
y too absurd for belief, -.
Year: 1870

The yawl boat Of the missing schooner J.
B. Martin has been picked up on the Cana
da shore. The schooner was lost in No
vember and this is the first iidiugs received
of its vhereabouts
Year: 1870

A extraordinary incident has Just
occurred at Lorida, Spain. The Bank.
er Jose Nunez, had two strong rooms,
one in ordinary use, and the other
which he only had recourse to when
heavy payments in gold had to be
made. Originally two keys were pro.
vided for the latter, but some time
ago ouo OF them was lost A few
days ago a necessity existed to visit
this reserved safe, and TO the intense
astonishment of the cashier he found
a key in the lock. He Immediately
informed his employer, and the two
together opened the door, when they
found inside the corpse Of a man who
had formerly been employed in the
bank, lie had probably stolen the
key, and visited the depository with
the intention of robbery, but the door
had accidentally closed, aud as it fast.
enod with a spring he bad died miser
ably in the midst Of the wealth he had
desired TO appropriate.
Year: 1870

a Coon NAME-Always be moro
solicitous TO preserve your innocence
than concerned 10 prove it. 1t will
never do 10 seek a name as a primary
object Like trying to be graceful,
the effort TO be popular will make you
contemplible Take care of your
spirit and conduct, aud your rcputa.
ton will take care OF itself The Ut
most that You are called to do, as the
guardian OF your reputation, is to re.
move aspersiuns Let not your namo
be evil spoken Of, aud follow the high
est examples in mild and explicit self
vindicati0n No reputation can be
permanent which docs not spring from
principle. and he who would maintain
a good character void OF offence TO.
ward God and toward man.
Year: 1870

SHE Has NO MoTHER-What a vol.
umo of sorrowful truth is comprised
in that single uttcrance, "no motherw
We must 20 down the hard, rough
path of life and become injured to caIo
and sorrow in their stcrnest forms be-
fore we can take home 10 our own ex-
perience the dread reality no mother
without q struggle and a tear. But
when it is said Of frail young girl,
Just passing from childhood toward
the life of woman, how sad is this
story summed up in that short SEN
tcnce Who shall now check the
wayward fanciesg Who shall now
bear with the errors and failings Of
the motherless daughtery Let not
the cup Of sorrow be overfowed by
the harshness Of your bearing, or your
sympathizing ooolness Is she heed
less of your doingsg Is she forgetiul
of her dutyi is she careless OF hor
movementsl 2 Remember, oh romem-
ber she has no mother.
Year: 1870

In the Idaho penitentiary the pris-
oners occupy their time with Bible
classes, whoreupou local newspaper
saws that the "moral atmosphere iu-
side the wall is of a far higher tone
than that of the rest of tho Territory "
Year: 1870

We recently alluded to the fact that a
project had been started in Goose Lake
and Surprise valleys to organize new
county, and that the projectors Of the move
ment proposed to include, Big valley, Pit
river, and Fall river valleys in their en-
terpri5e. Our allusion to the matter was
the first intimation the people of the Pit
river country had of the movement, but
on inquiry they have learned that our re-
marks were based upon facts 1t appears
that the settlers of Surprise and those resid-
ing in that portion of Goose Lake valley
lying in this State, have not only been
scheming to secure legislative act Great
ing new county, but also contemplating
snap judgement trick on the Pit river
people, by keeping them in Ignorance of the
project until too late to demonstrate. Dur
ing the winter season there is no commu-
nication between Surprise valley, and Pit
river, and the advocates of the proposed
new county evidently calculated that the
isolated condition of the settlers in the Pit
river country would prevent them from
getting wind Of the scheme or taking any
steps to prevent its consummation. At all
events, the Pit river settlers have not been
consulted by the friends of the proposed
county, aLd now that they are informed in
relation to it, are unanimously opposed to
the movement. A petition, demonstrating
against any change in the boundary lines
Of Siskiyou and Shasta counties, has Just
been circulated in Big valley, Pit and Fall
river valleys, and received .l20 signatures,
which is about the number of settlers in
these localities For fear that the above
mentioned petition may fail to reach Sac
ramento, we are authorized and requested
by a number Of the residents of Burgetts
vile, Alden and vicinity, to ask our repre-
sentatives in the Legislature to oppose any
ard all acts which propose to change the
present boundary lines of Siskiyou and
Shasta counties
Year: 1870

Mad Ok Creek, in this county, Is noted


for the numerous rich pockets" Of gold


which hsye been found in its bed and
banks. To strike pocket" or "crevice'
containing several ounces OF gold was quite
a common occurrence on that stream when
the digeings were first worked. And al
though the numerous quartz lodges which
crop out at intervals along the creek has
long been considered the source form which
these rich deposits of gold originally
came, very little prospecting has ever been
done on any OF these promising lodes. But
we understand that there is now an enter
prise under way which may result in test
ing the value of one or moreof these ledges.
Mr.. Peck ham, a veteran miner, has COM
menced the erection of four stamp pros
pecting mill on the creek, and intends to
complete it as soon as the circumstances
under which he is compelled to labor will
permit The mill viii be run by water
power, and when completed will be sufii-
cient to test the question as to whether
the Mad Ok lodges can be proftably work
ed or not We certainly wish MIR. Peck


ham, aud all other miners engaged in sim
liar enterprises, the utmost success, as we
believe such endeavors are destined to lead
to the development and profitable working
of many rich quartz mines in this county.
Year: 1870

WINE.-Thanks to L. G Woodman for
a present of half dozen bottles of wine
Have heard it said that Woodman's wine
was good to keep, but We can't see it
The contents of those bottles didn't keep
worth cent, but evaporated entirely with
in few hours after their reception, as
number of persons who witnessed the
phenomenon can testify
Year: 1870

Coon PRosPECT-Th shaft on Peck
hams quartz ledge on Mad Ok has been
sunk to the depth of twenty-seven feet, and
at that depth the owner took eighty pounds
of the average rock from which he extract
ed 50 by the hand mortar process. There
is probably a dozen unclaimed lodges on
Mad Ok and vicinity that would prospect
equally as rich as the one mentioned
Year: 1870

No parents probably suffer more than the viii
lage parents over their great, stout, hearty boy,
whose habtual round of ideness and dissipation
Is no less methodica than the work of a mer-
chant prince or city mayor. He has his regu-
lar morning resort and his evening resort. He
smokes here, drinks there, drops into this pea
nut shop and that other shop, no matter whose,
for vulgar story or the village gossip, with all
the certainty of u letter carrier. He is punctual
at dinner, punctually late at breakfast, pune
tually out till midnight. He is a vulgar gor-
mandizer at the table, an idle lout about the
house. He morti6es his sisters, is perpetual
anxiety to his mother, who derives no comfort
from him, and trouble to his father who gets
no work from him, cannot keep him at school,
aud sees no prospect of making anything of him.
The blame for loahng boy, who is anywhere
more at home than in his own home, belongs in
a great measure to his parents. Young people
must have amusement without it they can
neither work nor study. Neither when night
comes after days work at books, or at a trade,
or behind counter can they sit down at home


like quiet old men until bedtime. Young
America" must have vent. II must dance and
laugh, crack jokes and make love. 1t has no


idea of giving up the solid pleasures Of sentiment
and fiction, of amusement and recreation, while
fresh blood courses in its veins. But parents
overlook this necessity of youth. If they have n
fault, it is not understanding the fact that
amusement stimulates ii healthy mental activity,
and that an abundance of new pleasure creates
for young people love and attachment for their
homes, which no amount of parental preaching
about staying at home and going away to spend
the evenings, will ever succeed in bringing
about. In village homes there is too much hard
work and too little play; too little evening So
ciety too little hospitality too little provisions
for the entertainment of boys and girls. The
parlor is hardly once warmed for the long win
pany the companions of the children are not
made free to run in and spend the evening with
games and music; there are no parties at sea-
sonable hours, in the presence of parents and
grand -parents-a presence SO sacred that it
should regulate times, manners and habits.
Now, amusement young people will find out and
have. Unless they can have amusements of in-
nOcent and chldlike nature at their homes, they
will have them elsewhere. They will go to dis
reputable places, mingle with exceptional COM
pany, carry their amusements to excess, and
contract along with them vicious and degrading
habits. Give the girls liberty to invite in their
companions once week, to spend an evening in
singing or games. Let the boys have the same
privilege. Smile upon them. Don't let them
feel that you have kind OF holy horror Of these
entertainment. 1t will distub the house, make
work, be tiresome, perhaps and add trifie of
expense. But which had yoH rather have, the
noise and trouble of party once "A week, or
night after night anxiety and watching and
waiting for yonr boys to come home from the
saloons and shops2
Year: 1870

LUXURY OF EASY DREssEs.-The following,
from Lars Of Life, is especially commended to
the careful pcruSal Of ladies who indulge in tight
lacing:


Very few ladies know how TO appreciate an
easy, health.ul dress. They think their dresses
are loose, when man or boy put into one as
tight would gasp for breath, and feel inca pal BILE
Of putting forth any effort except to break the
bands Ladies are so accustomed to the tight
fits Of drcssmakers that they - fall all to pieces "
when relieved Of them. They associate the loose
dress with the bed or lounge. To be up, they
must be stayed up, aud to recommend comfort
able dress to them is not to meet conscious
want of theirs. 1t is great pity, none the less.
If they could once know what luxury it is to
breathe deep and full at each respiration, to feel
the refreshment which the system takes in by
having the blood eNlivened aud sent bounding
through the arteries and veins, TO have the aids
10 digestion which such process gives, to have
their own strong, elastic muscles keep every
organ in place aud themselves erect il they
could for IA while know this blessed luxury, and
then be sent back into the old, stiff straight
jackets, they would fume and fret and rave 10
very desperation if they could not get rid of
them. A. it is, they prefer to anguish and sut-
fer dreadfully, and die young, and leave all of
their friends and their husbands, and their little
children, aud do not see any other way but to
let them be sick and die till they are satisfied
IT only the sinner was the sufferer it would not
be so worth while to make great ado about it,
but the bhghtDg of future innocent lives which
must follow renders the false habits of our
women in the highest degree criminal
Year: 1870

ft II those who have received authority 20 esta
lsh perpetual exhibition OF and sciences In this
city will combine the good features Of all those which
gone before they may benefit the public as well as
Themselves That there and need here for such
an exhibition there IA question. As the Representa-
tive city OF the nation. New-York should have a
continual exhibition, TO be alike an index 10
what had been accomplished in agriculture, In
art, and in science, and stimulant TO further
effort and invention. As matter OF dollars and cents
New-York would find profit in urging such project az
this speedy consummation. 10 would put money INTO
the purses OF her business by ts influence inatrac
ing visitors. The Royal Commissioners who reported
upon the Worlds Fair in London, in 1884, placed the
number of visitors to that exhibition at more than
6OoOOoO although the Fair open only from May 10
October l5 The profits OF the exhibition more than
100000 pounds sterling, while the amount disoursed IN
the city by visitors must have greatly exceeded wha
they spent at the Palace itself The Central Park has
done good service and such Industrial Exhibition az
may be made under this charter-if those having the
work in hand sagacious enough to do the right tng
in the right waywl be not less important and Dene-
Year: 1870

The public have been advertised
that q number Of Pcrchcron stations
OF enormous weight have been re
Gently introduced into Illinois, and
as some of them may possibly be
brought to Wisconsin, it may be
well to examine into their general
character and comparative value.


The Pcrcheron is said to be near
ly or quite identical with the Nor
man, and the English dray horse,
though larger than the average of
the former III size, having been en-
couraged and developed in their
breeding. They are extensively
used in Europe rs dray horses for
which purpose they are chiefly val
liable. \ cross between horse of
smaller size and Il Pcrcheron mare
might be tolerated, and would doubt
less result very t;tvorably, while the
use OF a Pcrchcron horse in the case
of a small or moderate sized mare
would be violation Of the laws of
good breeding" repugnant to com
mon sense and probably result I'M
favorably if not fatally to the mare,
while the progeny will generally be
found to be a clumsy, ungainlv, loose
iointed animal of little value.


Several years ago an enormous
horse was brought into the eastern
part of this State, and patronized for
one season as a means of producing
a larger size stock. n considera-
bic number of the mares persisted,
while those that survived raised
colts not worth the powder requisite
to blow them up.


Extraordinary size is never desi-
rable i'll either domestic animals,
cheese or pumpkins, and while Go
liah, Tom Thumb, Daniel Lambert,
or a Percheron horse, being mon
strosltleS, may excite our wonder,
they fail to secure our admiration
or our approval We do not freeze
to them, and instinctively carry a
stick OF some sort upon opening an
acquaintance with them. \ noun
tain of horse-tiesh may be useful for
the slow movement Of 4 dray. and
may possibly become so for the
shamblcs when we shall have be-
come sufficiently Frenchiticd to pat
ronize horse beet, yet it is probable





well fattcned medium sized horse
would be prefcrable.-W. W. +. IN


Western Farmer.
Year: 1870

The Fat Contributor of the Gin
cinnati Times, contributes the fol-
lowing hints, which may not be OF
any use to our agricultural readers:


Now that winter is approaching,
it would perhaps be as well to dis
continue haying, and turn your at
tention to getting in your fall saw
logs. No farmer can consider his
fall work complete until he has his
cellar well supplied saw-logs. Seat
ed around the blazing hearth on a
winters night, there is no fruit more
delicious.


A correspondent asks us what we
think of late plowing. Flowing
should be discontinued later than
10 or II O'Clock at night. 1t gets
the horses in the habit Of staying
out late, and unduly exposes the
plow. We have known pIows to ac-
quire spring halt and inhamatory
rheumatism from late plowing.-
Don't do l..


To another correspondent who
us to suggest good drain on a
farm; we would say a heavy mort
gage at 10 per cent. will drain ii
about as rapidly as anything we
know Of.


When you make cider select moth
ing but the soundest turnips, chop
ping them into sled length before
cradling them. In boiling your ci-
der use plenty Of ice, and when boil
ed hang it up in the sun to dry.


A pick-axe should never be used
III picking apples. 1t has a tendcn-
cy to break down the vines and dam
age the hive.


In sowing sowing yonr winter APP
pie jack a gorsc-rake will be found
preferable to 4 step-ladder. Step
ladders are liable to freeze up, and
are hardly palatable unless boiled
in sugar.


In cutting down hemlock trees for
canning. select only the largest.
Don't throw away the chips, as they
make fine parlor ornaments, encascd
in rustic frames in salt and vine
gar.


The coming cold weather should
suggest to the humane farmer the
necessity of Il new cow-shed. The
following is a receipt for making a
good cow-shed: Pour a pailful of
boiling hot water on her back, and
if that don't make good cow-shed
her hair we arc no prophet, to
anybody.


Now is the time for planting your
winter hay. The pink-cyed South
down is probably the best variety,
as it don't need polling and begins
to lay early.
Year: 1870

Gerrit Smith, in order to remove
the temptation and ruin Of liquor
selling, bought the only hotel in the


village Of Pcterboro, and changed
the bar-room into a reading room,
which he keeps beautifully supplied
with papers, at his own expense.
This is a practical way OF carrying
forward the work Of temperance,
and successful way, too. Young
men will have some place Of resort
some spot for evening association
and take the bar-room for the want
Of better. Had Mr.. Smith pur-
chased the hotel and shut it up, he
would have not accomplished the
end to be sought. 1t would have
been only driving the young men
out Of one customary haunt to seek
another, perhaps but little less OBJ
.iectionable; but by putting read
ing-room in place OF the barroom
and still leaving it open for the ac
customed evening gathering, he met
the demands Of the case fully; and
his act is both worthy Of great
praise and Of being copied by 9th
ers. AS friends of temperance, we
have something more to do than
simply to shut up dram-shops; we
are to open, in place Of dram shops,
places for an evenings entertain
ment, where yonng men can asso-
ciate together untempted by the
wine cup. To do away with saloons
and bar-rooms is but half the work
necessary to be done. Places for
free and easy socialitics must be
provided. What precise form or
character these should take is to be
determined only by further inycsti-
CATION and experiment.


Speaking Of Mr.. Smith, it may be
interesting to our readers to state
another of his noble deeds. Near
the hotel building are two snug little
cottages, standing side by side, each
with its garden. In these live two
sunny faced women, though silver
haired, wrinklcd and old-"Aunt
Betsy" and "Aunt Laura" as they
are lovingly called-one of whom
was housekecpcr in Mr.. Smiths
family for more than forty years,
and the other nurse to all his chill
dren. In their old age they are not
forgotten, but tenderly cared for, by
him whom they have SO faithfully
served. Nothing can be more beau
tiful thaA the tender care on the one
side, and the reverence and love on
the other. 1t is a setting of a beau
tlful picture Of true life, lived with
true a"ection.-Patiot.
Year: 1870

Thomas Topham, the "strong
man," was born in London, in 1910,
and was bred carpenter, and after
wards ''travclcd on his muscle"
He was a quiet, peaceful man, of
middle size and weight, made like
other men, except the usual cavities
under the arms and hands were, in
his case, filled with muscles. The
wonderful stories Of his teats are
well authenticated.


He could hold under perfect re
straint, and with ease to himself, the
strongest horse. He lifted Il table
six feet long, with fifty pounds on the
end of it, with his teeth, and held it
in horizontal position considera-
bic time. He rolled up a pewter
dish weighing seven pounds, with
as much apparent ease as the reader
would piece of paper. He held =
pewter quart pot ut arms length
and squeezed the sides together like
an eggshell.


He lifted two hundred pounds
with his little finger and waved it
gently around his head. He lifted
Mr.. Chambers, 4 clergyman, who
must have lived on the fat of the
land, for he weighed three hundred
and sevcnty-eight pounds, with one
hand, Mr.. Chambers head being
placed on one chair and his feet ON
another. At a blow he struck a
round bar of iron, one inch in diam
eter, against his naked arm, and
bent it like a bow.


One night, observing watchman
asleep in his Matchbox, he picked
up box and watchman, carrying the
load with the greatest ease, and
dropped them over the wall into
Tindale burying ground.


A butcher once passed a
window at which Topman was sit
ting. He stopped down and took
half an OK from the fellows should
ers with so much ease and deXterity
that the man swore that the devil
had flown away with the beef.
At a race man insisted on driv-
ing on the track; so Topman took
hold of the tail Of the cart and drew
it gently back, the driver whipping
the horse like madman all the time


When he kept a public house two
men were determined to fight him:
so, to satisfy them, he seized them
by the nape of their nccks and
knocked their heads together till he
knocked all the tight ont of them.
Year: 1870

The suggestion has been made,
in view of the high prices ofbutter,
that some one sh Ill devise a good
vegetable oil which may take the
place, upon the table, Of that pro
duet of the churn. Why not? In
some parts Of the South, during the
war. where cows were as scarce as
white swans, peanut oil was used
instead of butter, and it was very
palatable. In point Of nutrimcnt
oil is the superior Of butter.