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Year: 1872

The use Of English ivies for the pur.
pose Of decorating living rooms is more
extensive every year, and cannot be too
highly commended. Being very strong,
they will live through almost any treat
ment but study their peculiarities, and
manifest a willingness to crafty them.
aud they will grow without stint Most
houses are too hot for them, as Indeed
they are for their owners. Neither
plants nor people should have the aver.
age temperature above sixty five degrees
Fahrenheit Take care ana not eufee
bic your ivics by uudue heat or excess
i've watering, and you will soon find
they will not c.re whether the SUE
shines ON them or not. Indeed, so
much viii they do Of themselves to Ten.
der aroom charming, that would rather
have au unlimited number Of them 10
draw upon than anything else in art or
nature Do you wish the ugly plain
doors that shut off your tiny eutry from
your parlor to be arched or curved, like
those in the drawing rooms Of your
cherneighbori Buy couple of brack.
cts, such as lamps for tho burning of
kerosene are some times placed in, and
screw them on the sides of the door.
Put in each plant Of English ivy, the
longer the better then train the plants
over the top, against the sides, indeed
anyway your fancy dictates. You need
not buy the beautiful but costly pots
the flower dealer will devise; common
glazed ones viii answer every purpose,
for by placing in each two or three
sprays Of Coliseum ivy, in a month";
time no yestige of the pot itself can be
diseerncd through their thick scrcen.-
journal If horticulture.
Year: 1872

Another step has been made toward
centralization by the introduction Of
bill into Congress to establish bureau
of national railroads. It's passage would
be clear violation Of the constitution,
but as that is the order of the day, it
viii not interfere with its adoption. II
Congress advances few steps further
IN legislatiug for the States, we shall
have no further use for the State gov.
ernments which eau then be abolished
Year: 1872

Four earls depending from the top of
the head, where they are fastened by a
knot of black velvet or bow Of bright
ribbon, is the latest fashionable style
for dressing the hair, for young ladies
Year: 1872

Many true heart that would have
come back, like the dove to the ark
after its first transgression, has been
frightened beyond recall by the savage
charity Of uniorgiving public opinion.
Year: 1872

HALE OLD AGE.-A nonogenerian beyond
the Mississippi, who is as lively as boy, at
tributes his hale old age to the fact that he
has scrubbed himself every morning since
his youth with corn-cob. Hall Journal Of
Health suggests that if he had scrubbed
himself thoroughly at night as well, he might
have lived to be one hundred and eighty
years old. The secret of q happy old age
seems to be quite impenitrable. Experien-
ces as to old age differ sufficiently to cast out
many theories, of the right and wrong in the
habits ofliving. But hearty old age is ex-
ceptional in any case, and it is none the less
plain that life on. the whole, will be length
ened by a proper observance of hygenic laws,
4 man may survive and become old in spite
of many transgressions; it is none the less
true that the multitude shorten their lives
by their folliesY ~ .
Year: 1872

THE USE OF ADvERTIs1Nd.---A New
York wholesale grocer who has become rich
in his business, has lately made the following
revelations. He says his rule always was
when he sold bill of goods on credit, to
Immediately subscribe for the local paper OF
his debtor So long as his customer advcr-
tiscd literally and vigorously, he rested; but
Us soon as he began to contract his advertls-
ing he took the fact as evidence that there
was trouble ahead, and he invariably went
for his debt. For" said he, ''the man who
feels too poor to make his business known, is
too poor to do business" The Withdrawing
of an advertisement is an evidence Of weak
ness that business men are not slow to OBJ
serve.
Year: 1872

TIE LARGEST DEBT IN THE WORLD
When the German indemnity is paid France
will have the largest national debt of any
country in the world, amounting in round
numbers to $4,000, 900, or more than
double the present amount of the public
debt of the United States. An idea of this
unprecedented national burden may be FORM
ed when we state that it represents a sum
equal to s125 per head Of the entire popula'
tion of France.
Year: 1872

Toward the middle of the fifteenth
century a poor Arab was travelling
through Abyssinia, and finding himself
weak and weary from fatigue, he stopped
near grove. Then being in want OF
fuel to cook his rice, be cut down a tree
which happened to be covered with dead
berries. His meal being cooked and
eaten, the traveller discovered that the
halfburned berries we're very fragrant.
He collected a number of these, and on
crushing them with a stone, he found
that their aroma increased to a great ex-
tent. While wondering at this, he acci-
dentally let fall the substance in can
which contained his scanty supply of
water. Lo, what miraclel The almost
putrid liquid was instantly purified. he
brought it to his lips. 1t was fresh,
agreeable, and in a moment after the
traveller had so far recovered his strength
and energy as to be able to resume his
journey. The lucky Arab gathered as
many berries as he could, and, having
arrived at Arden, in Arabia, he informed
the mutt Of his discovery. That worthy
divine was an inVeterate opium smoker
who had been suffering for years from
the influence of that poisonous drug,
He tried al infusion Of the roasted ber-
ries, and was 80 delighted at the recovery
of his own vigor that in gratitude to the
tree he called it cahuah, which in Arabic
signifies force. And that is the way in
which coffee was discovered.
Year: 1872

The work progressed rapidly with the
aid Of a powerful dredging machine, and
after three months hard work the Cap
tain had the happiness Of reaching tht
hatchway of the half-rotten vessel. The
hull, or where the hull used to be, was
filled with compact mud which was
carefully removed; but day by day passed
and nothing was brought to light Of any
real value. A few rusted swords, scab
bards, pieces of rusty armorswerc brought
up, which being carefully examined
by Captain Blank, proved the vessel
to have been of Spanish build. The
workmen were disgusted with their usc-
less labor, and had determined to give
up their vain enterprise, when 10 they
came upon something which they firmly
believed to be box Of gold. Their Gu
pidity and curiosity being excited, they
worked hard to raise it from its bed of
compact mud. Their disgust, however,
was great when the object brought up
proved to be blacksmith's anvil with
Spanish characters wrought upon it,
Captain Blank, who watched the pre-
ceedings with an eager eye, besought
the men to continue few days longer,
when at last they came to something
which, this time, they felt convinced, was
box of Mexican gold-perhaps hidden
there by Captain Kidd himself. But we
may imagine the awe and astonishment
of the Captain and the workmen when
the object was raised and cleared Of its
mud, aud laid before them. 1t was evi-
IDENTIFY human body, completely and
perfectly wrapped in lead-alr and
water-tight. Around the lead covering
was firmly welded broad copper band,
with Spanish inscription rudely
wrought upon it, which being cleared of
its rust and mud revealed. the following
words.


Aqui ya cen los restos de


Hernando do Soto


Que falleciOel dia


Is de Mayo, de 1912, A. D.,
de edad de cuarenta y cuatr0 amos y siete


messes.


Each man uncovered his head and
remained standing in solemn awe as the
body was examined, Captain Blank
felt convinced that it was the body of the
great Spaniard, which as every school
child knows, was buried in his boat, and
sunk at midnight in the bosom of the
great Mississippi, to keep the knowledge
OF his death from the Indians, and in
all probability the anvil was placed in
the boat to assist it in settling steadily
down.


The mighty Mississippi has at length
yielded up the body of its great discov-
erer
Year: 1872

1t frequently happens that men, whose
personal expectations have been ,disap-
pointed, magnify their grievances in
their own mind, and by assiduous persu-
aston, arrive, finally, at the conclusion
that those who have been more fortunate
in obtaining recognition by the party or
gaining popular favor must necessarily be
bad and unworthy men.


Our watchful opponents are apt to
take advantage of this sort of mental
disposition, and to bend all their energies
upon fostering the elements of discord.
In this way men, who originally mean to
DO right, are lead to CO operate with them
in damaging the cause which is entitled
to their support. Every man who has
the least regard for the great objects the
radical party is to achieve, ought to. be
we'll on his guard in this respect.
Year: 1872

In scathing reply to''a communication
from Major Tenney. the selfconstituted
leader of Wisconsin soreheadism, the
senior E ltor of the State Journal closes
as follows:


The Major SCENE happy in his new
associations, with Mr.Greeley as leader,
The position must be suited exactly to
his taste. He is now praising the man
who has been the subject of his most
yirulent abuse during his whole past life;
he is supporting man for President,
whose opinions on the subject of a Tariff
have been directly the opposite of his
own for forty years. The difference in
the men is, that Greeley has been honest
in his Tariff views. while Major TenDey
Las no idea OF honesty in the discussion
of any subject. 1t is all policy with him.
As to the prophecy, in the last sentence
of Major Tenney's letter, time will settle
that matter. As to Major Tenneys sup
port of Greeley, it is matter of astonish-
ment, that a man who was so valiant as
be in the late war, one who has so ardent
love for the soldiers as be claims to
possess, should be found aiding in eleva-
ting to the Chief Magistracy, man who
not only did not go into the fed. but
was willing to let our Southern sisters
depart in peace )" against the great lead
er of the Union armies, who won victory
after victory, until the final overthrow of
the rebellion, the greatest General of this
or any other country-Gen. U. S. Grant
Major Tenney may see consistently in
Year: 1872

Ex-Gov. Newell. of Now Jersey, who
has been quoted as an anti Grant man,
says in letter addressed to a friend !:
There is no truth whatever in the ru-
NOR tnat am to be delegate to the
Cincinnati Convention, It is my inten-
ton, of course, to support without hesi-
tation the nominee of the Republican
party, be he who he may. There is no
doubt, from the present indications, that
Gen. Grant will again be presented as
our candidate. and. if so, | think be can
not fail Of election, as be will 60 before
the people with . record of integrity of
purpose and economy in the administra-
tion of Government affairs which cannot
fail to commend him to their support,
while his ancient renown as the great
chieftain who rescued the country from
destruction in its hour of mortal peril
will serve to swell the number of bis ad-
herents, and replace him in the Execu-
tive chair by triumphant vote. Such l
sincerely hope will be the result, emf
nently due to Gen. Grant as soldier and
statesman.
Year: 1872

The Louisville Halksblah says


'Since the Republic war founded, no
President has been more unjustly at
tackled than Gen, Grant. The most i'm
portant of these attacks, so far at least
as we Germans are concerned was with re-
gard to the sale of arms. Every day there
is new evidence to show how untrue
and false the whole charge is. To find
a willing ear and make capital among
the Germans in the first moment of
excitment was comparatively easy, and
had the thing been sprung just before an
eletion, it might have produced mischief
More almost than any other people, We
Germans have love for the fatherland
but we will not suffer ourselves to be
deceived for any length of time. The
second sober thought is never long in
coming. and no man has yet succeeded
in fooling the mass of our countrymen
for any great length of time. Up to
this time no evidence has been brought
to show that any officer was corrupt, or
that blame attaches to Grant for the
sale of arms. It is in this sense that
Horace Greeley, one of the most violent
opponents Of Grant, has declared him
self, and even Schurz said a year ago
that he was convinced Of the innocence
of the President. IF we further consider
the fact that the tradition of the history
of the United States would have made
sympathy with France very natural but
that, instead of this, cry of indignation
resounded through the land when the
overbearing tyrant on the French throne
threw down the gauntlet to the German
people, and that only Democratic, now
Liberal papers had anything to say in
justification of the usurper, while the
Republicans every rywhere took sides with
thee erman cause, the conviction must be-
come general that the hue and cry about
the nativistic -anti-german tendency Of
the Republican party is all wind. As
Morton justly said short time ago, the
uetsftS VI Tue II cav 1ecpuUllCdu pdiy 0Caeo
for the Germans.


The opponents of the administration
under the circumstances, are playing a
very poor role. The most prominent
leaders of the liberals. as Horace Greely,
Gratz Brown and Governor Palmer are
temperanceists of the purest water.
and yet they count on the support of the
Germans. Greely who has all his life
been protectionist, gets to be uufaithful
to all his traditions; he gets to be a
renegade to every thing for which, up
to this time, he has lived. written and
fought, in order that he may not be
obliged to give up the, Ia his case. sense
less hope of becoming President. The
same hope or at least the prospect of
securing fat Office under liberal ad


ministration inspires the large majority
of those who will undertake the task of
destroying the Republican party"
Year: 1872

Not alone is it necessary to know ones
self and to respect ones self. 1t is also
most needful to rule ones self. to possess
the mastery of ones spirit. This life is
not peaceful river, down which we may
float unconcernedly and in case; but
rather O boisterous sea, whose every
wave threatens TO bear down our frail
vessels. There is deep wisdom in this
provision. 1t calls out the best, most
sublime quail lies Of our manhood.


1t is beautiful and grand to see noble
ship wrestling with a stormy sea. 1t
thrills the soul with a strange emotion,
whether we see it bending beneath the
pressure of the close reefed sails. or leap
ing wildly aboye the waves, firmly held
by the steadfast anchor Yet it is far
more sublime spectacle to witness brave
man nobly struggling with the storms OF
life. with the roaring winds of outward
circumstances, OF the surges Of inward
passion.


Do you see man cool when passion is
raging around him, when the mob are
bowling like demons, when rage and fan.
atheism have overpowered the cooler judg-
ment. Mark that man well. He will
tower above his fellows; ne will make a
leader.


The wisest man that ever lived said !:
''IIe that is slow to anger is better than
the mighty. and he that ruleth his spirit
than he that taketh city" The grand
est of all conflicts are fought by a man
himself, in himself and for himself. The
fercest battle-felds lie iE the domain of
the human mind for the powers that
clash together there are infinite.
Year: 1872

Our anger is quicker than our iudg-
ment, and our impulses swifter than our
reasoning powers. Under its influence
we do acts which are source of life-lon
regret. All we can do is blythe power
of our will to arrest its progress until
sober reason comes to the rescue. He
that can do this is greater than any of
the victors of Earth. He is the master
Of circumstances by being master of him
self.


The doctrine of self control is one of
the grand differences between the ancient
heather philosophy and the modern chris
tian philosophy. The loading idea cf
the ancient ascetics was that a man
should rise above all passion, that he
should be equally insens: bic to all the
emotions Of rage and fesr, love and hate,
JOY and sorrow. Their idea Of a perfect
man was, that he should resemble q lofty
column on which the rays of the summers
sun, or the SHOWS of winter fall alike
uaheeded, which cares not whether the
gentle zephyrs touch it lightly or the
storm wind dashes bowling against it.


They sought to crush out the God
given forces of mind by the power of will.
We seek to guide and control them by
the same power. Every uncontrolled
force will make a man wreck, while the
same force under control will guide him
to greatness. Is man combatiye? Let
him not spend that force in unseemly
brawls. Let him grapple with the stern
problems that lie everywhere around
him, and that same force will make itself
manifest in his conflict with them.


The true end and aim of all education
is self control. He who can command
himself, who can bend his intellectual
powers to his will, whose decision is great
er than his inclination, can scarcely fail
OF making a successful man. What
aVaiis all the knowledge we may learn In
books if we do not have it at our com
mand, if we do not master our mental
powers, SO that we may labor with them
when We will and ho,o We will.


1t is to this end that we labor in
schools, colleges and universities. Tasks
are allotted to be performed at allotted
times, and it does not always happen
that inclination and duty go hand in hand.
Then comes the struggle. Shall we yield
to selfish desire of ease, or shall we con-
quer it and make it subservicnt to our
will at the call of duty? just in propor-
ton as we conquer in these conflicts of
self Will our real progress be. We go to
these places not wholly to learn, but to
learn how to learn. Let us study books,
make ourselves marters of all that is in
them, but let each ask and answer Alright
these questions:


"Shall 1 be slave to every noble soul7


Study the dead and to their wishes bendi


Or learn to read my own hearts folded scroll,


And make self rule my end,


Thought from without O, shall take on trust


And lives from othors modelled steal or win,


Or bring to light and clear from rust


My true life from within 2"


Study yourself that you may know
what manner of man you are. Esteem
yourself that you may take the position
that belongs to you by the patent of Ma
lures nobility. Central yourself that you
may master circums tances and powers.


"Be to thine own self true,


And it shall follow as the night tho day,


Thou ean'st not then be wrong to any.
Year: 1872

who is in our judgment. the only man
in the great Republican party, that can
with perfect safety be nominated to the
Presidency for the next term as the
country, thriving under his excellent ad
ministration, has had unbounded eviden
ces of his efficiency and fitness, and the
rapid diminution of the national debt
and the prosperous general condition of
public affairs Of the country testify un-
controvertively to his unerring wisdom
and sound judgment.
Year: 1872

SALE OF Sixty Coon BUILDING LUrs.-We
invite the attention Of all those wishing TO in
vest in real estate to the large sale Of valuable
building lots advertised by james Bradford, in
another column. MANY Of these lots are IN
choice locations, and all OF them in good posi-
lions. where land ia likely to I've greatly in de
mand in few years. Pleasant and healthfn
si,es are always in demand in growing city
like ours and purchasers are almost certain te
make large gains.
Year: 1872

We felt sorry for farmer yesterday. who
lives some seven or eight miles south of the
city. He had jua suffered the dreadfuomi
fortune of being burned out Of house and
home in the severest weather. With COM
mendable energy he had purchased load Of
lumber to erect a shelter He was abou
starting back with the lumber, when the
team took fright, and running down Fifth
street with the load, ,came in contact with the
division trac,s Of the bridge, smashing his
wagon. He said misfortune seemed to follow
him at every step. Don't give up, old man.
You may travel a long way, but there's 4
turn in the lane somewhere.
Year: 1872

THE grumblers and PEognosticators OF the
fall of Leavenworh are becomiug scarce,
and are now seldom heard. The bridge is
too r,pidly approaching completion, and our
system of railroads is assuming too tangible
a shape for even the most bilious organiza-
Ii IN in the city TO find fault with. A man
who will predict anything but prosperity Tor
Leavenworth now, should be trePanned and
have small cove oyster inserted in his
ekull.
Year: 1872

The system Of voting by ballot is 81
strange aud novel to Kentuckians, havius
always been used to the viva voce voting
that they are little acquaiuted with the
modus operapdi. Hence, we publish the
act Of our Legislature, governing the
matter. which is in precise accordance
With Congressioual-law.


All the oficers of elections. in Ken
tucky will now have TO understand the
plan of voring by ballot for members OF
Congress. It would be we'll enough for
all persons who receive this copy of our
paper 10 preserve it for future reference
The vote of different precincts and couo
ties may be lost if not done according to
law
Year: 1872

TIE report that Miss Ida Greeley
eldest daughter of the next President o
the United States. is soon to be married
to Mr.. VIM Hamstead gentleman con
neeted with the U S. Marine service
mas been put in circulation by the New
Kork nanars
Year: 1872

Dr. j D SMITH. of the Holly Springs
brownsville d Ohio railroad. tells US
that he is quietly cutting dirt porth OF
Friendship. About two miles of the
line are graded beyond that point. Well
venture our word he will cariy the thing
through. He went upon the work to
stay with Brownsville Bee
Year: 1872

Mr.. johnson spoke about an hour
and half, being frequently interrupted
by cheers loud and long. He talked OF
the Constitution of course. for no speech
Of his is complete without it. He referred
10 the decline of the American Senate
and compared that august body of the
present day with what it was in tie time
of Clay. Calhoun and Webster The
convention system generally received hi
attention ss we'll as the particular con
ventioD that nominated Cheathsm. II
ihe case of The latter convention be said
the people bad been sold
Year: 1872

POLITICAL SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.
johnson thinks: that it is GROUND
swell. q tidal wave that will sweep over
the State. and bear him in triumph TO
! the halls of Congress. lie Is a saDguiDe
of victory whether a Radical eapdldate
comes out or not. And his opinion
seems to. be shared by majority here
He is all powerful before the people, apd
when once before that tribunal the man
does not walk upon Tennessee soil who
can defeat him.


THE cHEATHAsI PARTY


made desperate efforts to keep him off
the track, but TO no purpose. Come ou
he would and he did. They DOW regre
in their very bones his defeat by Coop
sr, and if that electiou was 10 be held
oscr-agaIn it would turu out quite diff
ferentFy: TheisfoneS which the builders
rejected then has come back upon them
Ikea hundred pound bomb shell with a
red hot fuse leading to fnelot Of pow
der we'll packed. They tried to buy him
off with a promise of a seat in the Sen
ate after Brownlow. or give him anything
else that he wanted but he did not ap-
pear to be in bargaining frame of mind
and politely refused to sell out.


A LIVELY LOOKOUT.


And now you may look for the live
liest canvass that has ever taken place
in Tennessee Johnson will go to the
Hills aud the bottoms. aud stir the yoo-
manry as they have. never been stirred
up before. As there is ne one in the
Cbeathan party who can stump with
him more than week without being leit
for dead. il Is evident that he VIII have
everything pretty much his own way IN
the speaking line.
Year: 1872

This was received with tremendous
spptnnse, few Cheatham men trying to
get up counter yell. but were
ashamed Of its feebleness and wisely con
eluded to dry up l think they receiv
ed assistance in the drying up process
from two or three policemen who went
out to interview them. Blu, noisily ano
demonstra.ive as the crowd was, they
seemed to have reserved the greater por
ton OF their enthusiasm for the close.
when Mr. johnson should announce
himself as