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Year: 1871

The present high price of thorough
bred stock, while il limits the breeding to
men OF capital, does not necessarily pre-
vent the ordinary farmer from procuring
male animals wherewilh 10 improve his
stock A stock of grade cows for the
dairy may be gradually gathered up by
the expenditure OF from fifty to two hun.
drcd dollars. Many breeders OF Jersey
cattle will dispose of n young bull calf
for very small sum because its color
does not snit their taste. while in respect
TO its pedigree or other useful qualities, il
may be faultless Such IN animal pur-
chased young, AMI well cared for, will
become useful for raising calves, at
year old. A yearing hefer of his get
will, by the use OF another such animal,
become profitable at two years OF age,
and its calf will be three quarters bred,
and it is likely to become rs useful for
the dairy rs purc-bred animal that
could not be purchased for less than $500
to s400 The produce of this COW would
be seven-cighlhs bred, and if care is Ia
ken in selecting the parents, would show
little difference from entirely pure ami.
mails. Cooperation among a few neigh
bors. who would each procure and keep
n young bull, whose services they might
exchange with each other, to prevent
close breeding, would soon change the
appearance rs well as the productive
qualities of the stock ol quite large
district. The main point to be guarded
against is not to breed from any but pure
stock. All male grade animals should
be emasculated, or 90 to the butcher
while young.


The use of grade bull ought not to
be permitted. Here is where many 4
mistake is made. In the course Of four
or five years, quite herd Of three quar-
ter or seven eighth-brcd animals would
accumulate, and the profit would begin
to come in. Ayrshire and Jersey cattle
should be aimed at, rs these are excel
lcntly fitted for the dairy, and are profit
ably fed for the butcher on ordinary
farms. They are exceedingly tractable,
quiet and orderly, are large mixers, AMI
Weld much butter OF good color and fla
vor. The Devon and Durham are better
grazers, and would bc more suitable
where beef is the object aimed ut. But
whatever the breed chosen, care should
be taken TO avoid neglect, OF loss will
inevitably ensuc. We have known cases
where money has been invested in thor
ough. bred stock which has been treated
Al il its blood alone would be- sufficient
to protect it from neglect, exposure and
starvation. The natural consequence of
such n mistake was made ground OF
complaint against the breeder. and led to
dissatisfaction and disgust. The old adj
age "blood will tell" true rs it may be,
Is no talisman against such IN error
The refined nature OF the animal, care
fully bred through many generations,
will often enable il To sustain much Ill
treatment, but it will not thrive under it.
When possessed ol such a specimen OF
stock give it fair treatment pampering
is unnecessary. as it is unwise-but care
and proper feed and attention, will make
the Investment profitable one Ameri-
can ArgicHltarGliSt.
Year: 1871

AS the hot and dry weather reduces
feed in the pastures, all the stock should
be supplied with succulent food OF some
kind II that is not at hand, then feed
them with little hay and grain before
turned to pasture in the morning. In
this wav the cows will continue their
usual flow of milk. and the young cattle
and oxen keep in (lesh and continue TO
grow.


If these arc checked it will be in keep
ing with allowing weeds to grow among
the crops. When the milk is once re-
duced, it is difficult to bring it up to the
former standard again, even with high
feeding. The animal functions have
gone down rs well as the milk, and must
be brought up again before there will be
an increase of milk. The same opera
ton takes place in the dry stock. 1t is
hard even for young stock TO recover from
stunt or stoppage OF growth.
Year: 1871

The Crown Princess of Prussia is quite an
srtis, so is the Princess of Wales SO is
the Princess Louise; This ia regarded as


something remarkable in Europe, but ism I
much here where so many Of our ladies
Year: 1871

WARMERS VINUM WIFE, or WINE OF LIFE, is free from any poisonous drugs or impurities, being prepared for those who require 8 stimulant It is splendid appetizer and tonic and the finest thing in the world for purifying the blood. It is the most pleasant and delicious article offered to the pubic, far superior to brandy, whiskey wine, btters, or any other article. It is more healthy, and cheaper Both male or female, young or old, can take the Wine of Life. It is, in fact a life preserver. Those who wish to enjoy good health the Wine of Life. It is different from anything ever before in use. It is sold by all druggists. Price $1, in quart bottles.
Year: 1871

of his boys feelings. Never after that devils sacrament was the Prince Imperial seen in public again. ss On that sad 2d of August. when that most willful murder was done-on that day, when special train took the Emperor, the Prince, the marshals. and as many generals as could be got to witness unjnstifable homicide, to Ssarbruck. the poor nervous child was made to direct the first mitrailleuse fired by the Army of the Rhine. The shock to his system was more than he could bear i; old soldiers might indeed weep, but they little fellows terror at the dreadful sound. The special train which took him out from breakfast moderately healthful youth, brought him back to dinner shattered lad, hysterically afflicted with what is called St. Vitus' dance, and he never was exhibi- ted in public after that time.''
Year: 1871

a young woman stood with her hand ON her


broom.


And, looking around the little room,
Nothing but toll forever" she said.
From early morn till the light hath fled
IT you were only merchant, now,
We need not live by sweat of our brow"
Working away, spoke shoemaker John.
I'VE ne'er see well what we're standing on"
a lady stood by her husbands chair,
And quietly passed her hand through his hair.
~ on never have time for me now,p she said,
And tear-drop fell on the low-beat head
IF we were only rich, my dear,
With nothing to do, from year to year,
But amuse each other. Oh, dear me!
What happy woman 1 should be !"
Looking up from his ledger, spoke merchant


John,


we neer see well what we're standing on"
A stately form, in velvet dressed;
A diamond cleaning on her breast =
Nothing but toiling for fashion," she said,
Till sometimes wish that I were dead.
If | might cast this wealth aside,
And be once more the poor mans bride"
frpm his easy chair spoke Gentleman John,
1--WE neer see well what we're standing on"
Year: 1871

Struggle on to victory Never give
up, when you areright. A frown is only a
muscular contraction, and cant last long.
A laugh of derision is but the modified
barking of a cur. If you can be laughed
out of the good or the good out of you,
you are weaker in intellect than the fool,
whose argument is hufaw, and whose
logic is neer.
Year: 1871

The Democracy nowadays are endea-
voring to impeach the record Of the Re-
publican party, and make this arbitrary
impeachment the basis of their appeals
to the people in favor of change of ad-
ministration. But ''the unterri6ed" will
have to present more potent reasons than
their naked say say-so before they can
produce any change in the general senti-
ment of the people.


The grand results achieved by the Re-
publican party stand in the past like pill
lars of fire illuminating all surroundings
with bright and patriotic Light. Nor
can the record be denied There stands
the facts, and there they will stand for
ever.


The following is happy absidgement
of the work of the last decade:


A gigantic rebellion has been suppress
eed.
Year: 1871

Let young men remember that their
chief happiness in life depends upon their
faith in women. No worldly wisdom, no
misanthropic PHILOSOPHY, no generaliza-
ton can cover or weaken this fundamen-
tai truth. It stands like the record OF
God-for is is nothing less than this
and should put an everlasting seal upon
lips that are wont to speak slghtingly OF
women.
Year: 1871

"Woman Movement" Work and wages,
education, property rights-all are sub
ordinate to or comprehended in the one
demand for female suffrage. 1t is not
claimed that the suffrage will Immediate
ly redress every wrong; but it is claimed
that wrongs will not and cannot be
righted without it. The demand for the
suffrage is based, first, on woman's nat
ural right to it; second, on the ground
that it is effective and, indeed, necessary
for the puri6cation of politics and the
uplifting of society; and, thirdly, that
woman needs it for her own protection
against unjust laws.


The question of natural right is an ab-
stract one. and may be argued forever
without changing any ones preconceived
opinion. Some persons even deny that
there exists any such thing as natural
right to vote; but, if it do exist, it is diff
cult to see why woman does not possess
it in precisely the same measure as o
man. Certainly no argument has ever
been presented by the opponents OF
female suffrage that seems to me to have
a particle of weight. But the matter ap-
pears to be of slender practical import
ance. When women have acquired the
power to vote their right to do SO will
pass out of discussion; and so long as
they are not able to vote the right is Of
little Use.


As to the second point, the improve
ment Of politics, are We equally at the
mercy of pure reason? Must we simply
say that women are better than men;
and, therefore, when women become OFF,
cially connected with politics, it follows
as the night the day that politics will be-
come clarified? Must we, that is, walk by
Faith alone till the rising sun of woman's
enfranchisement shall turn faith into
sight?


We are not here left wholly without
witness. The character and effect of
participation in politics by women are
not wholly matters of conjecture. Women
have now for many years directly con-
cerned themselves in politics, and tie
champions of female suffrage boast OF
victories already won-years ago through
the influence of women, under the mar
shaling Of men; later by the direct efforts
of women, organized by their own lead
ers upon their own principles. When,
therefore, We are called upon to say
whether the desired improvement in
society will be furthered by placing men
and women in the same position-not az
men and women, but as citizens, with
identical duties and identical responsible
lities (or, rather, for this is not an ad-
equate statement of the case, whether
society will be advanced by woman's
securing or by mans assigning her what
have been considered his own peculiar
duties and responsibilities in addition to
those which she already has in common
with him and those which are peculiarly
hers, and which she cannot delegate to
him) then it is only fair and fitting ia
look not only at what women may be ex-
pecsed to do when they have gained full
political rights, but at what they actual
" have done in the use of political
weapons and the exhibition Of political
wisdom.
Year: 1871

THE peoples meeting" to be held in
Mason county to nominate candidate for
the Convention, seems to distress the
Journal very much, The distress is due
to the fact that several Of the most prOmi-
nent Democrats in the county lead in this
noh.partisan movement and that it is GER
tain 10 win.
Year: 1871

Nobody Is moro like an honest man than
thorough rogro.


When you see man with great deal of
religion displayed IN bis window You may dcA
pend upon it he keeps very small stock with
in.


DO not choose your friend by his looks
handsome shoes often pinch the feet.


Do not be fond Of compliments; remember
that "thank yOu, pussy, and thank you
pussy" killed the cat.


Don't believe the man who talks The most
for mewing cats are seldom good mousers.


Byno means put yourself in another persons
power il you put your thumb between two
grinders they are apt to bite.


Drink nothing without seeing it sign noth-
ing without reading it, and make sure that 1t
means no moro than it says.


Don't 60 10 Law unless you have nothing TO
lose lawyers houses arc built ON fools heads.


Put no dependence on the label of bag
and count money after your own kind.


In any business don't wade into water wherc
you cannot see the bottom.


See the snck open before you buy what is in
it, for lie who trades in the dark asks to be
cheated


Keep clear Of man that docs not valuc lis
own character. The Age.
Year: 1871

If farmers would look at the theory of roll
ing the wheat and rye fields In the SPRING it
would be resorted to much more frequently
than it is Occasionally the Winter and
Spring have been 60 favorable to these crops
as not to render Il necessary. But ln three
seasons out of four, Il is necessary, and doubt
less adds considerably TO their productiyeness.
The thawings and frceEngs Of the ground,
throwing or spowing out the roots and expos
ing them to the drying winds OF February md
March, very seriously affect tho grain. Pass
ing roller over as soon as the soil Is fit to en-
ter upon, presses back the roOtsinto their beds,
and gives them fair grip upon the support
on which the crop must depend. This must
be apparent to every one who will look at It's
operation. We have no doubt that rolling
clover fields that have been badly thrown up
by the frost, would also have beneficial ef-
feet Ggmdntorn Telegraph.
Year: 1871

"Lo, | am with you alwaysi" cheering
thought to those who believe. Are we cast
down and weary of earth7 How it rests our
souls to hear the Saviour whispering, Come
unto me and will give you rest Are we
tried and tempted Do our friends, Peter
like, J." forsake us, when we arc falsely accused?
We can find friend in Jesus, who can un-
derstand our case, being Himself, once subject
to the same trials. Are we forced TO part with
the true, the loved ones Of our heart, and feel
that there is no earthly balm, which can soothc
or ailay our suffering? Behold lie takes US by
the hand, goes with us 70 the grave, even
weeps with us, and best of all, promises a
happy reunion at the resurrection. Can We
turn away from such love- and cling to the
things that perish God forbid. Let us
rather make Him our best friend Without
Him, our own works will surely come to
naught. With Him, we may build upon a
sure foundation. Then come what will, we
need not fear, for His promises are sure.
Year: 1871

4 NOVEL DIVORCE CAsB.-A novel rs well
as mutual application for divorce was made
yesterday before Judge Spencer 10 the SUI
periof Court, Special Term. The husband
and wife entered the courtroom, and the form
er, addressing the judge, said that hO and his
wife wanted divorce. In answer to ques-
ton they both said they had no complaint tc
make but they had tried each other and did
not wish to live longer together in the bonds
Of wedlock. On being informed that the
court could no. grant them divorce on that
ground, they locked-arrs, and with sad disap-
pointment on their faces retired from the court
room, evidently disgustOd with tho law.-Netc
York World, april I.
Year: 1871

4 play Is enacted in a Chicago theatre in
which a man is hung for fun. The other night
the gearing got out Of order and they camO
near hanging him for good. When they cut
him down he said he guessed they had better
get some ono else to take his place, as "his
neck was not talented enough to play that
mart"
Year: 1871

In answer to correspondent who wrote TO
country editOr. asking If he might send him
something to GIL up with" the editor replies,
certainly let it be barrel Of -four aud n
quarter Of beef"
Year: 1871

The nrst Of the contemplated direct annual sales
Of works by American artlsts win come Off at the
somervine Art Gallery on the Goth Of February.
sixty or seventy Of the most prominent New York
artists have already sent in their contributions. 1t
Is to be hOped that they have wisely sent some OF
their very best specimens, and not the refuse which
accumulates during many years In the studios or
even the most celebrated painters.
Year: 1871

In the midst of much fault-finding and
unjust criticism heaped upon the admins
tration, in consequence of certain injudi-
cious measures and appointments, (perhaps
we should add, in an underbreath, disap-
pointmcnts,) we are pleased to find the fol-
lowing in the New York Times, which we
doubt not expresses the sober sense of
great majority of the people:


We may appeal to any fair-minded per-
son TO decide whether the opposition which
the Republican party and the administra-
ton have lately encountered does not pass
the legitimate bounds of political discus
sion. Everybody knows that public man
must make up hIs mind to be exposed to
good deal Of sharp criticism. He is quite
certain to offend good many persons from
the start, and some of these persons will in
all probability be able to find access to the
columns of a newspaper, and take good
care to throw as much dirt as they possibly
can. He will also have adversaries of a
much viler kind, who will turn innocent
actions into crimes, invent all kinds of lies
about him, and spare no one connected
with him-man, woman, or child. The ne





cessity of facing this ordeal deters many
men from entering public life at all, and
drives good many out Of it when once
they have entered it. Among instances of
the latter kind is that of Vice President
Colfax, a singularly honest and puremind-
ed man, faithful to his principles, and un-
doubtedly qualified to render substantial
services TO the country. He has announced
his intention to withdraw from politics at
the expiration Of his present term of office,
simply because of his disinclination to
to spend any more OF his life in an atmos-
phere of slander and misrepresentation.
Nor can this be construed into sign OF
weakness. A man is hound, no doubt, to
face fair criticism, but he is not bound ia
be forever the target of professional libel
ers, blackmailers, and all kinds of knaves,
He owes, after all that can be said, some
thing to his own sense of selfrespect.
Year: 1871

Now, Of this kind of Opposition" Gen.
Grant has had rather more than his full
share. as everybody will admit. Some
people he provoked by refusing to place
them in lucrative offices. They have ever
since been at work upon his character, lay
ing on coat of black paint here and daub-
ing It with pitch there, until the portrait
has become hidoous caricature. 1t seems
but the other day that the whole nation was
trying to devise methods Of testiiying 10
Gen. Grant its sense of the high services he
had rendered. No new light has been
thrown on those services since. They are
as deserving of praise and gratitude now
as ever they were. 1t is largely owing to
Gen. Grant that we are to-day great peo-
pie, and not as the Democrats wished TO
make us, a co Election of small governments
and Independent states. Posterity Will
rank Gen. Grant among the greatest COM
manders of his age-the most indomitable
in adversely, the most magnanimous in
victory. Yet 1t is this man, and within
five years of the close of the war, that Sem
ator Sumner can dare to call incapable even
as n soldier, utterly unworthy of respect or
confidence. II Senator Sumner had said
that in May, 1865, what would have been
the general verdict on his behavior? Yet
that portion of Gen. Grants career to which
Mr.. Summers criticism was addressed
stands the same now as it did then; it goes
down to history as it stood when Il @ sur
render Of Lee, after struggle of unparal-
leled intensity-for there has been nothing
in the war between Germany and France
at all comparable with it-brought peace
once more to the country.


People are blessed with very short mem-
ories in these days-but is it creditable to
us that Gen. Grants character should thus
be exposed to every reckless calumny, and
scarcely protest raised against the out
rage? Let it be remembered that he has
done nothing whatever to deserve the oblo-
guy now heaped upon his head by Repub-
lican papers like the Evening Post. When
you slt the complaints about him they
amount to this-ho has not appointed some
men to office, who were thought by their
friends to be deserving of pre'erment and
he has appointed others who were thought
to be undeserving. Was there ever Pres
! luent Oh WnOm tne same tnlng cOulu not be
said? Look on the other side of the ac-
count. The debt has been largely reduced
so has taxation; public credit stands high
the country is prosperous. When you
reckon up Gen Grants faults, why not
place these great results of his administra-
ton to his credit? Simply because it is al
most impossible nowadays to obtain JUS
tice for public man during his lifetime.
There must always be an opposition; and
in newspaper age, opposition can speak
with ten thousand voices, where sixty years
ago it could find but one.


We have mentioned Gen. Grants name,
but what we have said about him necessa-
rily applies also to the Republican party,
for the two are linked pretty closely togeth-
er, and must necessarily be so until March,
1873, to say the least. 1t is astounding to
find Republicans persevering in a course
which any man possessing grain of sense
must see is calculated TO force the country
into the abyss of Democracy.
Year: 1871

CULTIVATION OF TEA IN AMERICA
Somewhere about year ago company
was organized in California for the cultiva-
ton OF tea. The plants were imported
from japan aud set out in the Southern
part of the State, though as only ten per
cent of the trees survived the voyage, the
area of ground covered was not extensive.
At the same time the results have been far
from unsatisfactory, and as large quanti-
ty of seed, imported about the same time,
has developed rapidly and successfully,
there is every reason to believe that the
cultivation of the fragrant Bohea will, in
the future, constitute a large item IN the
material wealth of the Pacific shore.
Year: 1871

The report that Elbert Fowler. late
one of the Editors of the Bristol Ne'cS,
had gone into the sale of Goldfish, is
inc0rrect-it originated from the fact
that lac Sent a single fish of that char
acter to a friend in Greenville.-Grccn-
Ciiic Sentinel.


The intention of'the Junior Editor
Of the NcWS was TO put radical bait on
the Sentinel's hook and it fully ac-
counts for the improved efficiency as
well as the doubtful smell of that
Journal
Year: 1871

THERE isdew in one flower aDd, not
i'm another, because one opens It's cup
and takes it in, while the other closes
itself, and the drop runs Off God
rains his goodness and mercy as wide-
spread as the dew, and if we lack
them, it is because we will not open
our hearts TO receive them.
Year: 1871

How TO GET FINE House OFT or AN
ENTITY BARREL.--Put the barrel in n Sc
cure place, near a spring ofgood water, on
the road to the grOg shop. When you
want dram, take the price Of it in your
hand and start for the grog shop; go as
far as the spring, drop the money through
the bung.hole, take good drink Of water
and return home. Repeat this operation
I'LL the barrel is full, knock out the head,
and you have the price Of splendid brick
building. Fact.
Year: 1871

Was cOmpounded for those not inclined 10 ex
RENE btteFs, asd is intended for use in cases
when some alcoholic stimulant il equired in con
nection with the tonic properties Of the Bitters
Each bottle OF tho Tonic contains one bottle o
the Bitters, combined with pure sata Cruz Rum,
and favored in such a manner that the extreme
bitterness Of the Bitters is overcome, forming a
preparation highly agreeable and pleas mt TO tho
palate, and containing the medicinal virtue Of the
Biiters. The price of tho Tonic Is 81 so per
bottle, which many persons think too high They
must take into consideration that the s.imu-
liant used s guaranteed to be of pure quality.
poor article could be furnished at a chssper
Price, - itnot better to pay a little more and
nave n good nrtIclef A medicinal prepara,i q u
should contain none but the best ingredients aud
they who expect To obttna cheap compound witl
most certainly lie cheated.