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Year: 1870

EsoUIMAUx DoGs.-They are har-
messed with leather collar, belly and
back bands, through the upper part Of
which the line of seal skin passes
which is attached to the sledge. and
it serves the double purpose of a rein
and trace to draw with.
Each dog is estimated to carry two
hundred pounds, and to travel with


hat load at the rate of five or six
miles all hour. The leader, which is
always well broken dog. is placed
ahead of the pack, with a draught
line of from six to ten fathoms in
length, and the rest with successfully
shorter ones, until they come within
eight feet Of the sledge. They are
not coupled, however, as they are usu-
ally represented in engravings, but are
attached each loose from all others,
so that when they are in motion, trav-
cling, they appear like flock of part
ridges, all flying loosely, and yet all
the same course. They always travel
in gallop, no matter what the state
of the country may be. Going down
hill is most difficult and dangerous, and
at times it is necessary for the rider
to guide the sledge with his feet, as
boys their sleds sliding down hills,
and sometimes it is done by long poles
stuck into the snow. When the sledge
is heavily laden and the descent steep,
the dogs are often taken of, and the
vehicle made to slide down the preci-
pice by the man alone, who lies fiat
on the sledge, and guides it with his
toes from behind, as he descends head
foremost. The dogs are so well ac-
quainted with the courses and places
in the neighborhood that they never
fail to take their master and his sledge
to the house where he wishes them to
go, even should a severe snow storm
come on while they are on the journey;
and it is always safer for the rider at
such times to trust to the instincts of
the dogs, than to attempt to guide
them by his own Judgment. Cases
have occurred where men have done
this, and paid the penalty by freezing
to death in a desolate wilderness. In
such cases the faithful dogs, if lett to
themselves, make directly for their
home. When two travellers meet on
a journey, it is nee essary for both par.
ties to come circuitously and slowly
towards each other and give the sepa-
rate packs the opportunity OF observ-
ing that their masters are acquainted,
or otherwise, fight might ensue be-
tween the dogs.-Life of audubon.
Year: 1870

81 have no hesitation in assuring inventors
that they cannot employ a man more competent
and trustworthy, and more capable Of putting
their applications in a form to secure for them
an early and favorable cnnSiderati m at the Pa
tent Office. EDMUND BURKE,
Year: 1870

But the principal amusement of the week has
undoubtedly been off the stage. Two laughter
loving lassies, instigated by the spirit of mis-
chief, wrote some fifty notes to as many conceited
men, intmating that the irresistible personal
appearance Of the recipient had overcome the
maidenly modesty of the sender, and would he
meet his unknown admirer at the corner of Pine
and Stockton streets, at such an hour on such a
date? Who would have thought the young men
were SO gallblc and green2 They swallowed
the bait with aVidity, and just as


The sun, slow sinking in the western food,


Baptized in blood


st. Mary's Cathedral and the houses adjacent
the elite of dandydom might have been seen lott
ering round that neighborhood, wondering
why the deuce she didn't come, and what
that fellow Jack Brief wanted to be stand
ing so long at the corner, together with numer-
Gus other puzzling surmises about the unwonted
traffic in that usually quiet thoroughfare, unit!
at length it dawned upon each individual intel
lect that sold was the proper word for the oc-
casion.


oUNN's TRIAL.


After ALL Quinn the child ravisher and mur-
derer saves his neck. He will 70 to San Ouen-
tin for life and the community will hear of him
no more, but the verdict can hardly be consid-
cred satisfactory. If responsible for his actions,
death was his due, and if not, little hanging
would be an excellent moral expositor and pre-
vent much future insanity. During the past
year the Coroner held inquest twenty-five
murdered bodies, yet there has not been single
conviction for the crime. These are only the
recorded cases. How many punctured fractured
corpses float out of the Golden Gate, how many
are concealed in the sand hills or snugly slowed
away in the labynnths of the Barbary Coast
from January to December, is Of course unknown,
but there is no doubt goodly company of them.


ScRIDBLER.
Year: 1870

Although no official announcement has been
made of the postponement of the lottery, there
is now no doubt that it will be carried over for
another month. The Pavilion, whore the grand
Gift Concert was to take place, has been engaged
for the first Of September for fruit and flower
fair, so that it is impossible the drawing can
come off as advertised. The refusal of the Grand
Jury to interfere with the project, doubt, ends
all legal embarrassment, and it is not likely that
any further attempt will be made to stop the
scheme
Year: 1870

As an inducement to Yankee immigration,
it is ayerred that the wars and executions
have SO thinned out the men in Mexico that
the young women of that country, many OF
whom are of great beauty, have hardly a
hope of marrying.
Year: 1870

burglar made serious mistake a few
nights since. He carefully secreted himself
under bed, and would have been entirely
successful had he not fallen asleep and awak-
ened the people by his snoring.
Year: 1870

A young boy al Richmsnd bet two-bits
that he could lie down on the track-bed and
let the train pass over him, and the train did,
though the boy was minus his head and-cash
by the operation.
Year: 1870

The story Of another terrible murder is told


by tho Cologne Gazette. A country girl in


Schrimm, in the Governments Of POseD, had


received her inheritance of-3OO thalers from


the authorities, and OH her return home she
|speat the night in q village; having no ac-


quaintance there, she took refuge at the


house Of the village justice, to whom, in vir-


tue of his position, she gave her whole conf


Qence, and informed him of the object of her
Journey. He was ready to take her in, and
|edyised her to go to bed with his wife. When
all were IN deep sleep, the covetous host
got up, went into the garden, and dug hole
there. He then took y sharp knife, went to
the bed Hhere the women were sleeping, and


cut the throat of the person lying furthest
from the wall, took up his victim and buried


her in the gardeE When he came back he
found the bed empty. He had murdered his


own wife instead of the stranger. The wife
lay close to the wall during the evening, but
had afterwards meved to the outer side Of tn,
bed. 1he girl had got ont of bed after tn.
murder, and hasteRed away with her money
Year: 1870

The appearance OF the mother and sis
ter at the Morguc in New York, to see
the body Of the girl Annie Mcnamara.
who was murdered by her paramour at
house ofill fame, gave rise to an affect
ing scene, described as follows


Into this room, with its atmosphere of
death, where the cofiins lay, piled like
logs of wood in regular order, just before
the Coroner had arrived, came the moth
er and three sisters of the dead woman.
The mother-she who had nursed the
dear dead one when little prattling
child, she who had brought her up in the
knowledge OF the right. and who had re-
joiced TO know that her teachings had
not been wasted upon her child until
that fatal night when the intelligence Of
the terrible death in an infamous house
came 70 her. with all the crushing force
of a hope lost forever staggered into
the abode of the dead, clingng the while
TO the arm Of q young daughter who tried
in vain to quiet the heat that gave vent
to its anguish and sobs that the most
hardened present feel As they had proba-
bly, never felt before. Slowly she drag
ged herselfinto the room, and guided by
tho girl at her side on whose shoulders
her head leaned heavily, she made her
way to the coffin in which the corpse Of
her daughter lay shrowded. She did not
lift her head, but rs her hand touched the
coffin, she shrank back with an involun-
tary shudder, and low moan, full of
agony, escaped the tightly closed lips,
and the hand fell helplessly at her side.
A few words OF encouragement from the
young woman on whom she leaned, and
the hand was again lifted 10 the coffin.
and the mother raised her head to look
upon the face OF her lost one. Her eyes
stared wildly and saw not, for the out
stretched hand wandered about the collin
top for long time before it touched the
pale upturned face which il sought; but
when it did once come in contact with
the ice-cold forhcad, and toycd in me.
chanical sort of way with the Struggling
locks of hair that hung down on both
sides Of the face of the dead the heart
bowed down with its awful weight ofwoe
gave vent to its feelings, and the mother.
in the iulness OF her sorrow, sobbed
aloud and again and again upon the one
who heard not "Annie OH Annie,
speak to me-" she cried; "if you could
tell me all ;" and the only response was
the echo of the questioning voice and the
splash of the waves that broke upon the
stone fronting beside the Morguc. Again
and again was the name of the dead one
called aud again did the same response
come back anl at last. in the midst of
her great grief, the mother va. led from
the side Of the coffin and taken 10 an ad-
joining room where she fell into death
like swoon.
Year: 1870

A FIRST Class PrFF.-"John Paul."
AS Mr.. Webb is known to the leaders of
the Springfield Republican, has become
the dramatic critic OF wilkes Spirit.
Here is one OF his first productions;


The Double Headed Girl is the latest
novelty. She's brick, though we'd not
like TO marry into the family The color
is not SO much an objection as the quality.
She eats and talks " ith both mouths, and
to supply the one or put stop to the
other would puzzle the best proyider.
Think how She'd open on one in Caudle!
1t makes our hair curl to think OF it /!
Shed be good company for herself, and
could never complain that You leti her
alone. You cOuld set one head 10 watch
the other, and bribe il 10 tell you II she
winke ut any other man. Her pecu-
liar style of architecture seems 10 have
been specially intended for lunchIng at
railway stations; she could be putting a
ham sandwich into the starboard locker
and hosting in coffee on her port side.
At egular dinner she could 20 down
the bill of fare two courses at once. In
deed there j. no end to an enumeration OF
the advantages which such young lady
possesses over The ordinary run OF the sex,
and we do not care to discourage her by
even hntng at the drawbacks to her use
fulness. That she is an ornament to so.
cicty nobody can deny.
Year: 1870

THE Local PAPER.-The New York
Tribune has the following just remarks
in relation TO local newspapers which
ought to be read by n good many people:


Nothing is more common than to hear
people talk of what they pay for adVer-
tising &C., as so much given to charity.
Newspapers by enhancing the value of
the property in The neighborhood, and
giving the localities in which they are pub
lisbed a reputation abroad, benefit all such,
particularly if they are merchant or real
estate owners, thrice the amount yearly
Of the meagre sum they pay for their
support. Besides, every public spirited
citizen has laudable pride in having
paper of which he is not ashamed, even
though he should pick it upin New York
or Washington.


A good looking, thriving sheet helps
property, gives character to locality anu
is in many respects desirable pubhe con-
yenience. If from any cause the matter
in the local or editorial column should not
be to your standard, do not cast 1t aside
and pronounce it good for nothing until
satisfied there has been no more labor
bestowed upon it than is paid for, If you
want good readable sheet it must not oe
supported in spirit of charity either but
because YOU feel 4 necessity to support II.
The local is the power that moves inc
people,
Year: 1870

There is nothing that helps man IN
his conduct throu Ii life more than a
knowledge of his own characteristic
weaknesses, which guarded against, be-
come his strength. as there is nothing
that tends more to the success OF a mans
talents than his knowing the limits OF his
faculties, which are thus concentrated on
some practical object. One man can DC
but one thing well. Universal pretensions
end in nothing.
Year: 1870

CHEAP PLEAsuRRs.- Did you ever study the cheapness of some pleasures asks some writer. Do you know how little it takes to make multitude happy7 Such trihes as A penny, word CT a smile do the work. There are two or three boys passing along-give them each eAestnat, snd hos smiling they look; they win not be cross for some time. A poor widow lives in the neighborhood, who Is the mother of half dozen children. Send them halfa peck of sweet apples, and they will all be happy. A child has lost his ar row--the world to him-and he mourns sad ly; help him to find 1t or make another, and how quickly will the sunshine come over the sober face! A boy has as much as he can do to pile up a load Of wood; assist him few moments, or speak pleasant word to him, and he forgets his toil, and works away with out minding 1t. Your apprentice has broken a mug, or cut the vest too large; or slightly injured piece of work Say "you scoun- drel," and he feels miserable; but remark, II am sorry" and he will try to do better You employ a man, pay him cheerfully, and speak . pleasant word to him, and he leaves your house with a contented heart, to light up his own hearth with smiles and eladness. As you pass along the street, you meet fa- miliar face; say "good morning. as though you felt happy, and it will work admirably in the heart of your neighbor. Pleasure is cheap. Who will not bestow it liberally7 If there are smiles, sunshine and flowers about us, let us not grasp them with a miser's fist, and lock them up in our hearts, No; rather let us take them and scatter them about us, in the cot of the widow, among the group of children, in the crowded mart, where men of business congregate, in our families and every. where. We can make the wretched happy, the discontented cheerful, the afflicted re- signed, at an exceedingly cheap rate. Who will refuse to do it7
Year: 1870

A coRREsPoSDEsr of the Scienti6c AmsTi- can recommends turpentine as a cure for lock- jaw. He says: "Lst any one who has an at tack of lockjaw take small quantity of tur- pentine, warm it and pour it on the wound, no matter where the wound is or of what na- ture it is, and relief will follow in less than one minute. Nothing better can be applied to severe cut or bruise than cold turpen- ly. Turpentine is also sovereign remedy for croup. Saturate piece of flannel with it, and place the flannel on the throat and chest, and in very severe cases three to five drops on lump of sugar may be taken in- wardly. Every family should have bottle on hand" The remedy is simple and can be easily tested. In sll serious cases an sppli- cation should be made under medical advice.
Year: 1870

If the old saying, s'three times and
out, proves true in the case of these bee
ties, the Lords name be praised. But we
have fears that they are to stick by us, as
they appear to be looking out for winter
quarters. They are everywhere present
crawl into our houses, cellars, bed rooms;
We find them in our soup, in our jacket
pocket, and by some ''presto change"
operation they get into onr tobacco box.
They are the most intoierable, poisonous
nuisance tlassny country was ever cursed
with. The lice, frogs, and locusts of
Egypt were not circumstance in COM
parison> And If, as in Pharoah's time. a
stiff westerly wind could be brought to
bear upon them. we should be happy
people. As our experience with the chaps
this season has been somewhat extensive,
we think we sre able to impart some little
information 10 those interested.


The best remedy consists in preventing
the beetles from be coming numeisous late
in the season. Watch for them in early
spring, when the vines are just peeping
out of the ground Ensnare as many OF
them as you can before they get chance
to pair, by making q few small heaps of
potatoes iu the planted field. To these
the beetle will be attracted for food. and
you can easily kill them in the morning.
Keep an eagle eye for the eggs which are
first deposited. as they reproduce very
rapidly. Cultivate well by frequently
stirring the soil. 1t might be well to sur
round the fields on the outside with some
rows of tender-leaved varieties; but, above
all, isolate your potato field as much as
possible, either by using land surrounded
by timber or by planting in the centre of a
cornfeld. Garry out these suggestions
thoroughly, and we think you
will not have much use tor hat poisonous
stuff, Paris green. f. b. w.


In the Kaulceshd Freeman.
Year: 1870

The most critical period in the life of
colt or calf is when it ceases all depend.
ence upon its dam for food. Usually oc-
curing in the fall, when the pastures are
failing, when the storms increase in FREE
quency and vigor, the young one viii de-
mand, and should always receive. the most
careful attention of the owner. Abundant
suitable food. and perfect shelter from
rain and snow should be always accessible.
Any lack in these essentials is sure to man
ifest itself in serious unthriftiness. If not
in positive, active disease. Mr.. Wilrad in
one of his lectures has said


ut requires one-fourth more food to
winter a COW If she come TO the barn in a
poor condition. At no other season of the
year is so much care needed as in late
autumn and SO little care exercised. Frosts
affect the grass to such degree that it is
not coed plan to keep cows in the pas
ture without additional food after the first
hard frosts. Barns should be warm as
well as ventilated, and by so constructing
them as to secure these two conditions, a
large amount of food will be economical. 4"


This advice applies with tenfold force
to the young. The impression made by a
want of proper care until the shock of
weaving is fairly recovered from. is fatal
to all promise of q perfect, well developed
animal at maturity. .-NdtionaI Live Stock
journal.
Year: 1870

FEEDING PoULrRY-The habit of giving
much food in a short space of timeto poul-
try is very bed one. If you notice their
habits you will perceive that the process
of picking up their food under ordinary, or
what we may call the natural condition, is
a very slow one. Grain by grain does the
meal get taken, and with the aggregate no
small amount of sand, and small pebbles
and the like, all of which, passes into the
crop, assists digestion greatly. But
in the s'hen wife's" mode of
feeding poultry, great heap is thrown
down and the birds are allowed TO '.peg
away" at such q rate that their crop is
filed too rapidly, and the process of as
similation is slow, painful and incomplete.
No wonder that SO many cases of checked
craw are met with under this
treatment. Many other diseases which
affect chickens might be obviated by anna
teur breeders were little precaution taken
in so simple thing rs feeding. Regular
ity in feeding is also essential.
Year: 1870

~ A meeting of citizens will be held
on Saturday, 2Sth at the Court House to
designate suitable person to attend and
represent Crawford County in the Rail
road Convention to be held on the 9th OF
next month at Bentonville. Our people
should all be interested in the Border
Road and We hope large meeting will he
in attendance, and good delegation
chosen that will 60. Let tho ball be set
rolling and kept moving until the final
completion Of the Road to our City.
Year: 1870

every civilized government of the pres
ent age, that SO large portion OF the IN
telligent and influential population ofthe
Southern States, should be longer ex-
cluded from participating in the govern
ment which they are required to support


In view of this. / indulge the hope
that you will at this session, in some
proper way, express your opinion, for its
influence upon the Representatives OF
our State in Congress, that general
amnesty, for all merely political offences
should be forthwith proclaimed.
Year: 1870

The Departments Of Engineering were organ
lied after the war, to meet want long felt in the
South Of the highest grade Of scientific instruct
ion in these important professions. They are
now in full and successful operation.
Year: 1870

GLAD TO HEAR IT-That plentiful rains
still in season to do much good to the growing
crops have fallen throughout England, and
that the drought, which has been very serious
in some parts over there, is ended in France.
In Great Britain we are, however, sorry to
learn the late rains have been attended with
an extraordinary amount of lightning and
thunder, resulting in destructive fires in various
sections of the island. In truth, the seasons
since last fall have been very remarkable il
their heats and frosts and droughts anc
storms all over the world, and particularly
north of the equator, and there is no telling
exactly what perturbations in our atmos
pheric currents are yet to come, though much
might be learned by proper use of the tele-
graph for this important purpose.
Year: 1870

A New ELEMENT oP WARFARE. story
is reported from Salt Lake to the effect that
three hundred mounted Indians were crossing
the Pacific Railroad track on the 18th inst, in
front of train, when the engineer thought
they were going to attack, and, putting on all
steam, he dashed the train through the crowd,
killing thirteen of them. The story is some
what doubtful. If it is true, however, it seems
likely to teach the redskins more thoroughly
than any milder lesson could the folly Of
track.
Year: 1870

THE NOMINATION OF Mr. ACKERMAN as
Attorney General, it is now stated, will be
withdrawn, in Difference to the wishes of
number of radical members, who fear that be
is not fully reconstructed. Some Of these
gentlemen ought to let us know just how much
reconstruction is necessary to admit the South
to representation in the Cabinet. The stand
ard required in the Senate and in the House
does not seem to be very high, but probably
Senators comprehend that the Cabinet is a
more respectable body than Congress.