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Year: 1876

THE reports of sensational character in
regard to the purpose of the Democracy to
inaugurate Tiden by force of arms are, it is
sincerely to be hoped, unfounded. The
Democrats claim that they can surround
Washington with 100000 armed men at ten
days notice, but it is to be doubted if there
be that number OF fools in the whole country.
The report is probably part of the Democratic
game of buster and brag; but when the con-
duct of Indiana Democracy during the War
is recalled there is really substantial cause
for anxiety.
Year: 1876

Miss MARY ANDERSON, the new actress,
must have smiled very sweety indeed upon
the dramatic critic of the Memphis appeal,
for he says lots of gushy things about her,
among others these: She is, in our opinion,
to the genius of the modern stage what Un-
dine has been pronounced to the modern
drama: Pure as dew, and soft as a gush of
distant music, gentle as a star beaming
through the riven clouds, with mystery of
charms she comes near to us and melts down
our admiration into love; but when we take
her to us as something familiar and delicious,
she floats away to the far heights of fame and
looks down on our despair with .countenance
of pearl-like lustre and smiles sweet as spring.
Year: 1876

ed to perfection as he tried his hand at
the good old tunes of "Monie Musk, =
Lille let US Cherish and "rhe DAshns
White Sergeant" and soon after dancing
began.


But the figures! Instead of fright and
left." etc, which figure commences a CO.
tillion, our host, taught by the old tar.
yelled out this nautical parapbrase:


Haul upon your starboard tack and lei
the other craft pass. then bear up ana get
your head upon the other tack; regain
YOUR berth on the port tack back and MI
with your partner boxhaui. and wear
round twice against the sun in company
with the opposite craft. then your own,
afterward boxhaul. and bring her round
to place "


As we danced with the sailors, they
kept Us ito our bearings" and we waited
mid shouts of laughter tor the next figure.
which everybody knows in the vernacular
as forward two"


''Shoot ahead about two fathoms until
you nearly come stem on with the other
craft under way, then make stern board
TO your berth; side out for bend first to
star board, then to port; make sail and
pass the opposite craft. and get your head
round on the other tack another side out
to stsrboard and port; then make all sail
TO regain your berth; wear round, back
and HI and boxhaul your partner!


Alter this came fright hand across,
which the old tar translated into "Heave
ahead and pass the adversary yard-arm to
yard-arm," giving the whole figure with
such droll directions that we were aching
with Laughter, ending with REGAIN your
berth by the best means possible. and let
go the anchor"


The rest OF the cotillion, given with
sailing orders, was so riotously funny that
The Jig which ended it was according to
his own whim, although the paraphases
were as good as they could be-com-
mencing with "Wear ronnd TO starboard,
passing under your partners bows, and
sight the catheads of all the crafts" and
ending with "Boxhaul the whole squad
ron in the circular order of sailing"


If to laugh is 10 grow fat, our individual
tonnage. that jolly 4th OF July in the mid
die OF the ocean, ought to have been pro-
digiously increased. The sailors greeted
every figure with unroarous cheers and a
-heave-oh ~ while we laughed till we
could not gasp [Aunt Fanny, in apple
ton JouraaI
Year: 1876

As this in its provisions can be made
available for the punishment of those
who may be guilty Of unlawful discnm-
lnation against citizens of the United
States while exercising the elective
franchise, on account Of their race.


There is no attempt in the sections


under consideration to provide sPej =
cally for such an offence. If the case
Is provided for at all it is because it
comes under the general prohibition
against any wrongful act or. = Twful
obstruction in this particular. V are.
therefore. directly called upon to decide
whether penal statute enacted by Con-
gress with its limited powers, which
provides in general language, broad
enough-to cover wrongful acts without
q well as within the constitutional ju-
sisdictioa. can be limited by Judicial
construction, so as to make It operate
only on that which Congress NAV right
fully prohibit and punish. For this
purpose We must take these sections of
the statute as ihey are. We are not
able to reject part which Is unconsti-
tutional and retain the remainder, il
there be such, from that which is not. ;"


The question then is wheth-
er We can introduce words Of Limitation
into penal statute so as to make il
specific, when, as expressed, it is gen.
eral only." This would TO
some extent substitute the judicial for
the legislative department Of the gov
ernment. Within lis legitimate sphere
Congress is supreme and beyond the
control OF the courts: but il il steps out
side Of its constitutional limitations and
attempts that which is beyond its reach
the courts are authorized TO. and when
called upon in due course of legal pro-
ceeding must, annul its encroachments
upon the. reserved power of the States
and the people. To limit this statute
in the manner now asked for would be
to make new law, not to enforce an
old one" The whole was therefore
declared void by reason Of repugnance
to the constitution. We wish Attorney
General Taft would tell us how it can
be dead for all purposes and vet alive
for controlling federal elections. 1t
Is true that the decision was not pro-
nounced in a case growing out of a fed
eral election, but the reasoning of the
Court is fatal to the annulled act in
every application.
Year: 1876

LOOK Our, You've MAN!-When it is said of young man, he drinks and is can be proven, what store wants him for 8 clsrk9 What church wants him for member? Who will trust him? What dying man will appoint him as his execu- tor3 He may have been forty years in building his reputation-ir goes down. Let ters of recommendation, the backing of business firms. brilliant ancestry can ot save him. The world shies off. Why It is whispered all through the community.

 He drinks! He drinksp That blasts him. When young man loses his reputa- ton for sobriety he might as we'll be at the bottom of the sea. There are young men who have their good name as their only capital. Your father has started you out to city life. He could only give you an education. He gave you no means. He started you, however, under Christian in- fiuences. You have come to the city. You are now achieving your own fortune, under God, by your own right arm. Now look out, young man, there is no doubt of your sobriety. Do not create any suspicion by going in and out of liquor establishments, or by any odor of your breath, or by any glare of your eyes, or by any unnatural flush of your cheek. You can not afford to do it, for your good name is y our only capital, and when that is blasted by the reputation of taking strong drink, all is gone forever. .-
Year: 1876

For many years much time and labor have been expended by scientists and prac- tical mechanics skilled in the art ot glass manufacture, to invent process by means of which glass may be made elastic' ana for ordinary uses practically unbreakable; and If we may give credence to an exhaus- tive article upon the subject in the Popular Science RepSeu of late date, the invention has been perfected by French gentleman, M. Francis Rover de la Bastie, who after spending several years in patient research and experiments has been at last successful in discovering very simple process by which the natural brittleness of glass is ex- changed for condition of extreme tough ness and durability. The process is so simple that it can be easily applied to all the various articles of glass manufacture at a very trifing extra expense. It consists merely in plunging ordinary glass; heated to certain temperature. into bath ot oils' WAX, tallow, resin and other similar ingre- dients; while the glass so treated undergoes a thorough physical transformation, its Sp pearance Is said to be in no way altered either as regards transparency or color. If all this be true no discovery since the in vention of friction matches will have so di- rect bearing upon every family in the civilized world as thls. The writer in the review closes his article in these words:

 s.M. De Ia Bastie's invention marks a distinct era in the history of one of our most important industries Never during the history of glass manufacture, which extends over three thousand i've hundred years, has any radical change been effected in it's character. It is true Pliny mentions that combination was devised during the reign of Tberius which produced flexible glass but both the inventor and apparatus were destroyed, in order, it is said, to pre- vent the value of copper, silver and gold from becoming depreciated. There is, how eyes, no evidence that this was the tough ening process of De Ia Bastie, nor does the record in any way detract from the merit of that gentleman as the inventor of an important economic process. The fact re- mains that the world has now given to it for the first time in practical form an in- vention by which the brittleness of glass is superseded by an attribute of the most val usble nature-tougtness. Itis by no means improbable that the old adage 'as brittle as glass will soon be superseceded by new one-'as tough as glass;
Year: 1876

Harrington.

 For several days the men employed by John Finn have been drilling into the rock on the cast side of Mount Petsa, until they had got hole about seventy-four feet deep. into which they put small charge of powder, about half a pound, which opened s seam in the bottom into which they put three kegs of powder and fired It. Well, Mount Petsa has it's top left, but such gun we don't hear every day. It is eeti. mated that the charge lifted and looseped up $50 tons of beautiful blue stone. There were fifty tons or more thrown over eight rods away. One block which the quarry men say will weigh twenty tons was thrown nearly ten rods into 8 pasture lot.... Bar rington has had a little excitement this past week in the horse thief line. A young chap of VanDeusenville named Ford, so the report says, took horse from Mir. Tlckners barn or premises, went over into town east about twenty miles and sold it innocent as lamb. and being so successful in the first job got another chap by the name of Decker with him and took two horses and wagon from MT. Giddings. and went through New Marlboro, where the horse that was led slipped his halter and got free from the thieves. But they went on into Connecticut down near Corn wall and sold the horse and wagon for if teen dollars. but were picked up by an of- ficer before they could get out of town. Decker came back freely and was locked up in Capt. Clark's boarding house, but is now out on $2OO bail. Ford had to be got back by requisition from the Governor of the state, and is now boarding with Sheriff Root at Pit:sfeld, as he could not raise the $2,000 bond as the court required. Ford, the ring leader, is about seventeen years of age. If he is such a smart youth, what will he be when he comes to mature age
Year: 1876

A gentleman from He'd River parish
Informs us that the cotton and corn
crops In that parish are exceptionally
flne. Plenty Of corn to do the parish
will probably be made. There Is a
sound political sentiment growing ID
the parish. The negroes express them
selves az much disgusted with Radical
ism as do the whites, and the chances
ere that the parish will go for the Dem
Ocratic- Conservative party. The report
Of the Congressional subcommittee,
setting the Twitchell affair In Its true
light, showing the outrages he and his
ring have perpetrated for years on the
parish, and exonerating the white peo


pie from oil blame for the troubles
there, has created m excellent feeling
throughout the parish.
Year: 1876

1t seems to be common belief that
there is no limit to the natural age Of
apple, trees. But this is certainly a
mistake. We know that the peach tree
usually fails to be profitable at twelve
to fifteen years Of age, and the cherry
and peach tree usually fail from twenty
to thirty years; the pear. in favorable
circumstances, forty to fifty years-in
rare cases a much longer time; so. also
the apple tree has its natural limit, and
although, like mans life, the duration
of the period Of health and vigor varies
greatly according to constitution, nur-
ture, climate. etc., its approaching ter
mination is clearly indicated by signs Of
debility and disease. On very deep
and favorable soils, and where the trees
are not damaged by severity of climate,
apple orchards are occasionally found
bearing fair crops of fruit eighty to one
hundred years Of age, but these are
nearly as rare as their owners 70 live so
long. Very few soils are Of the best
kind for an orchard. and everywhere
our climate is too warm or at times too
cold for the best health of the trees
Injury by severe cold blsckening all
the wood, am convinced, is frequent
cause Of the premature failure Of or
chards; but starvation, in consequence
of the exhaustion of the soil, is still more
common. and this is q more difficult
matter to remedy than most people sup
pose, especially when the trees have
attained full bearing size.
Year: 1876

1t may be ssked, what is the best feed
for young chickens? There is some
difference of opinion ON this point
Breeders Of fancy and exhibition stock
are very careful and particular in feed :
ing, using hard boiled eggs. cooked
meat cut into small pieces, bread, rice,
&C.. but the average farmer will not,
nor need he. go to so much trouble As
good feed as we want is sour, thick
milk mixed with corn meal and bran ::
the mess should not be too wet when
given to the chickens. Curd is very
good food once day, and as soon as
they are two weeks old a little good
wheat at night will be found excellent.
Some condiments, as Cayenne or black
pepper, little salt. &C.. may be given
once or twice week, but only little
at time. Only good hens should be
selected for mothers for the early
broods.-Practical Farmer.
Year: 1876

Farmers who raise their own clover
seed-as every one oug ght-should, il
the clover is of the early variety cut the
first crop for hay as soon as it is fairly
in bloom, in order to afford the second
or seed crop, as much opportunity as
possible to push ahead and perfect itself
while the productive energies of the
plant are yet in their vigor. Or what
is better, the first crop may have the
stock turned in on it about the middle
of May, but in no case should they be
allowed to remain there longer than the
middle of June. by which time all stock
should be taken off and kept off until
the second or seed crop is cut and Sc
cured Nor should the latter crop be
allowed to get too ripe before cutting,
else great many Of the seed caps will
shatter eff and be wasted, whereas if cut
when the heads are handsome brown
the seed will be quite as plump as if the
cutting had been longer delayed, and
there will be scarcely any waste.


After the sccond crop has been cut
and is perfectly dry it may be threshed
in the field or hauled up and put away
in some dry place until threshed, as the
least dampness in thresbing, even if the
caps separate readily from the stems,
renders the caps very difficult to hull.
In cutting, the self-raking reaper is
the best implement to use, stripper
not gathering the heads clean enough,
and common mower leaving the seed
stems SO scattered over the ground as
to render them very tedious to rake up
with hand rake on account of their
shortness. This latter implement, how
ever, can be made to answer very we'll
by attaching light frame behind the
cutter-bar and covering it with piece
of cotton cloth, upon which the heads
will fall, and when sufficient quantity
accumulates, may be raked off in punches
by one sweep Of the hand rake.


But by using self-raking reaper.
with its cutter-bar set low enough, it
not only saves every head, but throws
them on IN Duncnes IN the most cOnVe-
nient form for loading.


If the clover is of the late variety of
course no stock should be allowed access
to the field at any time before cutting
and removing, as it yields but one crop
in q season.


Raising clover seed for market would
be very profitable we're it not for the
fact that when allowed to 90 to seed
clover, instead Of being renovating
crop-and which is the principal object
in its observation-disclosures an exhaust
ing one. But every farmer ought to
raise his own seed, and although many
argue that it is cheaper to buy it, they
might as well say it is cheaper to buy
wheat, corn, oats, or anything else that
the farmer raises. They are all ex-
hausting crops. If be raises his own
seed he has it, but if he has to buy it
the land will very often 60 without
Baltimore Sun.
Year: 1876

1t is great mistake to apply CON-
mon causlic lime to land with the ex-
peetation that it will answer or act as
fertilizer.


While it is true that lime is found iD
the ashes Of plants, it is also true that
its main value consists in its mechani-
cal action in Fastening the decomposi-
ton Of plant food already in the soil.
1t acts as solvent. and has also the
effect of loosening the soil and making
the stiff clay friable A man may i'm
prove the quality of some kinds of soil
by applying lime. but can never make
one that is poor rich by its use The
old couplet current in England. which
runs as follows:


He who lines without manure,


Will leave his farm and family poor,
furnishes the true key to the value and
use Of lime on ordinary soils. Lime
must be considered as mechanical ma
nure and applied accordingly. II the
soil is full Of vegetable matter. lime will
hasten it's decomposition. and thereby
increase its fertility for the time but not
permanently. Lime will usually i'm
prove cold, wet soils. clays and sand,
provided the latter contains some veg
etable matter requiring decomposition !;
and light applications. say eight bushels
Of fresh lime. or twenty to twenty-five
of air-slacked or gas lime, are prefera-
BILE to larger applications at one time.
Year: 1876

THE CASH SYSTEM
for retail business Is the only safe and proper way
that 1t should conducted 1t is to the interest Of
both the buyer and seller 1t saves money to the
former and expenses to the latter. We that our
neighbor


WM. IRA SMITH THE CLoTHIER
has recently adopted this system, and his store Is
daily throngcd with customers from afar and near
spinning out tkeir dollars In greenbacks to the value
of dollars in gold in supplying themselves with his
latest styles of


FASHIONABLE CLOTHING.
We wish thcm all god-speed and great saving.
.s-.' SMITH
is on the right track and time will tell it. He credits
nobody, but takes their cash and makes money from
the use of that and gives the benefit to his custom
ers. Everybody should go and buy


SMITHS CLOTHING.
Year: 1876

The rugged appearance Of the old City
Hall lot attracts the attention and occasions
comment Of the travelling public. Situated
directly opposite Ford's Hotel and the Cap
it presents very unfayorable
contrast to the surrounding scenery. A
few dollars spent in improving it would not
1e wasted, and would reflect credit to the
city and give harmony to the scenery.


CITIZEN
Year: 1876

BE CAREFUL WITH Your Cows.-A gentle
man OF experience informs us that per.
sons should be careful as to turning their
cows into the clover-felds and allowing,
them to fill themselves with the green food
until they become accustomed to its use.
have heard OF several who have recently
lost valuable animals from indiscretion IN
this matter''
Year: 1876

LEE MUSICAL ENTERTAlNMENT.-The gen.
tlemen who have charge Of the musical en-
tertainments to be given at the Theatre for
the benefit of the Lee monument are dill
gently at work, and will present to the pub.
lie something entirely worthy OF the cause.
Year: 1876

and exaggerating facts, and second, by holding ont
hopes and expectations which politics, however ad-
mnistered can more fuhl than medicine can besow
eternal youth Looking at all the facts, my fal
is, that the nation is safer to abide in the Republican
snip Man restless and discOntened at best; when
times hard to change is the natural impulse but to
jump from the fryngpan into the fire, Is change as
foolish IL Is familiar. Commercial and financial de-
preston prevails throughout Europe and Great Britain,
well here. In this country the business outlook IL
improving. OF this there many Signs but there is
one better than all. The people OF all classes are
econOmzng and sayingthy have been saving for three
years. penny sayedi penny earned, and the nations
savings by economy since 1873 II footed up in figures
would amaze all The expenses of national govern
mcut have been vigorously rctrencbed ALSO and retrCnch
mcnt VIII and must 90 on.


Let MS have peace, liberty and order every where Let
an American citizen be SAFE every where in his own
land he is on foreign soil. Let us have honesty
and economy in all public afTrs. Let lift the public
credit higher and higher. Let have the treasury de
tended from every unjust demand. Let us mako every
dollar OF currency as good gold. To do all these
things Jet us vote to keep the government in the
hands Of those who cod by il aud saved it, and Keep
out uf the hands which sought TO destroy it. The pros
pect of bright every side. II not
/ should stll more regret being less able than usual
To advocate a cause I'm which believed more
ucSty than Trusting that NcwYOrk will stand ut
the head of tie column and that no county viii be lag
gard in the march thank you for your attention, aud
trust that prosperity and success will attend you ALL
Year: 1876




LARGE REPUBLICAN MEETING-EXTRA TRAINS On


THE RAILROADs-A CALM REVIEW OF THE 20


IIuChL sITUATIoN-HIsTORY OF THE DEMO


CRATIC PARTY.


UTICA, Oct 3.-The Hon. Roscoe Conkllns de-
lvered his first speech OF the campaign at the opera
House in this city tonight. Special trains were
run on the different railroads coming INTO the
city. and a very large number of people were
unable to gain admission to the meeting
Senator COnlllings speech. was candid ana
impressive review of the history of the Democratic
party from the time of Andrew Jackson down TO
the present., with reference to its attitude toward
the leading questions which have divided parties
in that time In this review he showed how
the Democrats had been party OF con-
servatism and retrOgession. The concluding
portion of the address dealt with the
reform ISSUE and on this the record Of the opposi-
ton was taken as the index of what it would do If
again intrusted with power. Judge Bacon also
spoke at the meeting. The address OF Senator
Conkling is given almost entire in the following
columns.