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SUPERIOR WOOL PRODUCERS.
To the Editors oj the American Farmer-.
The Western Agriculturist snys the
atatement has been recently published
that blankets made at Minneapolis, aun
nesota, aro exported to England to fur
nish the new lines of palace sleeping cars.
Specimens of this manufacture were sent
to us by tho makers. Messrs. Gibson &
Tyler, of such marvellous beauty that
wo were constrained to request these gen
tlemen to inform us as to tho source ot
tho raw material, who replied to us as
follows: _
“The best wool we can get for our fane
blankets is the American Merino. Me
have tried a variety of foreign wool, but
•8 yet have succeeded in finding none
that will produce as white and in all re
spects as elegant blankets as we make
from tho Merino fleece of the Northwest.
We manufacture annually about seventy
thousand pairs of blankets, tho most of
which aro made from wool produced in
our own State. The sheep of Minnesota
are remarkable far their vigor and free
dom from disease, and as a result we are
sure to get strong, even wool. Ibis
State is very young, and the production
of wheat is at present the ad-absorbing
subject with our farmers ; but our wheat
fields are sure, under the present system
of cultivation, to become unpo venshde and
sheep will, in time, figure an important
part in the redemption of these lands.
The capabilities of the West and North
west for the production of wool can hard
ly be over estimated. If wise laws pre
vail, the day is not far distant when we
shall not bo compelled to buy a pound of
WASH FOR FALLING HAIR.
Take tincture of centharides, 1£ oun
ces; Jamaica rum, 2^ ounces; glycerin, 1
ounce; carbonate of ammonia. 1 drachm:
oil origanum, oil rosemary, of each 15
drops; water, 9 ounces. Mix. Moisten
and rub the scalp two or three times a
day.—Medical Record.
The liquid dentrific.e called Sozodont
being a proprietary article, we are unable
to furnish a formula for its preparation,
but the following will produce an elegant
and efficient substitute: Take of Castile
Soap, Gum Benzoin, each one dram;
Red Bark, one dram; Balsam Tolou, one
dram; Gum Myrrh, two drams. Make a
tincture to which add Oil Gultheria, five
drops; Tinct. of Talkanet Root, sufficient
to color. Mix and filter. Use a few drops
with a tooth brush.—Exchange.
Nick Dish for the Sick.—To one tea
cup of cream take four rolled or grated
crackers, one tea-spoonful of white sugar,
the white of one egg beaten to a froth,
with a tea spoonful of jolly of any kind.
Never say what may load you into a
dispute with any one. I* a person be in
error, and be obstinate, that is nc reason
why yon she old dispute with him, and
make yourself uncomfortable to put him
right-
Mustard Plaster.—In making a mus
tard plaster, no water whatever should be
used, but the mustard mixed with the
white of an egg. The result will be
plaster which will “draw" perfectly, but
will not produce a blister even upon the
skin of an infant, no matter how long it
;s allowed to remain upon tho part-
Help On* Another.—This little sen
tence should be written on every heart
and stamped on every memory. It should
be the golden rule practised, not only in
every household, but throughout the
world.
Hard work is the price asked for suc
cess, and it can be purchased with no
other kind of currency.
The Lewiston Journal, in speaking of
a horse which ran away with a load of
household stuff, says gravely: Before the
beast reached the bridge, a stove had de
cided not to ride any further and got off,
and in so doing was more stove than ever
before."
VALUE OF SLEEP.
WHAT WILL YOU SARD.
LOUXSXASTA!
Dr. Alexander was often heard to say^ How often this question is asked by j *" "■* *" u, *" rr P#ri*w», •*«■•
in substance as follows: “Clergymen, ( men accustomed to thb use of intoxieat ■ 1lf ** *»* , cm*.-!««w oetewa* i#« St"**- •
authors, teachers, and other men of re 1 ing drinks. Suppose we put the question
flective habits, lose much health by los-! in a more practical way? Will you have
ing sleep, and this because they carry ten cents’ worth of poison? Will you
BOPS.
Never derpair ! the daikest cloud
That ever loomed will pass away,
The k>Dgeet night will yield to dawn—
The dawn will kiudfo into day.
What if around thy lonely baik
Breake fierce and high the wave# of sorrow.
Stretch every oar, there'# land ahead.
And thou wilt gain tbe port to morrow.
Whenforlnne frowns, and summer friends,
Like bird# that fear a storm, depart.
Some, if the heart hath tinpic wa-mth.
Will stay and neatle around thy heart.
If thou art poor, no joy is won.
No good i# gained by sad repining,
Gem# burned in the darkened earth
May yet be gathered for the mining.
There is no lot, however sad.
There is no roof, however low,
But has some joy to make it glad.
Some latent bliss to soothe its woe.
Tbe light of hope will linger near,
When wi dent beats the heart’s emotion,
A talisman when breakers roar.
Altar upon tbe troubled ocean.
The farmer knows not if hi# field,
Wiih flood or drought or blight must cope,
He questions not tbe fickle skies,
But plows and sows and toils iu hop#,
Then up, and strive, and dare, and do.
Nor doubt a harvest you will gather.
’Tia time to labor and to wait.
And trust in God for genial weather.
LENGTH OF LIFE.
In our great desire to increase and add
r _ to the contorts of life, we must not loose
wool in any foreign liiiiiket, and when we I sight of prolonging life and youthful vigor,
shall lead the world in the production of Year by year, the laws of health are bet
all kinds of woolen fairies. ter known and observed. We are leam-
Our western tailors returning from the j n g disease is generally caused by miscon-
East this spring admit for the first time duct ; by avoidiing the causes, we escape
that American cassimers surpass in beau tfa e consequences. Hence, in nearly all
tv and workmanship those mado in for- civilized countries, the average duration
«gn countries. This is certainly very 0 f Hf e is steadily increasing. In Geneva,
gratifving, and foreshadows the great j accurate registers have been kept of the
■uccess of the woolen industry." | yearly average of life sinco 1550, which
was then twenty-two years and six
, , . . , .. . _ 1833, it was f -r*r years and
At the meeting before the last of tbe| fi _ a montbs Thus, is less than three
Ohio State Wool Growers’ Associations, handreJ ^ ^e ’average duration of
they concluded to have a pu'nie registry . nea 'q y doubled. In tho fourteenth
for sheep : and designateddhe Hon. John he aye 0 nior tality in Palis
H. Klippart, Secretary of the Ohio State I •• ■
Board of Agriculture, as a suitable per-»
was one in sixteen ; it is now about one
„ , in thirty-two (or, rather, it was before
son to conduct it. Tho matter came up the Franco .p ruBS i an wa r). In England,
again at the last meeting of the Associa- ^ ^ q{ mortalit in 1690 was one
tion, held on the occasion of the State fV|irf . now? abou t one in forty-
Fair, and the following is ^two.—Health Reformer.
of the proceedings as given by the Ohio ,,
■Fanner: ,, Girls.—Girls do not always know
“Mr. Stevens moved that the subject
of the publication of a Sheep Herd-Book | ‘““ P 0 _J
be taken up—which was carried. J.
It is far greater than they
jj | think ; and, were they true and brave
— , , .... anmi enough to exert it, they might almost, in
Klippart, who was se cc ^ then call- a generation, revolutionize society about
mittee to publish this work, was 1
them Exert your power for good upon
ed upon to submit a T , ' o P°^ t ' 0 | 1 * the young men who are privileged to en
form for recording. He did joy ?our society. Gentle and good, be
for a guarantee of sufficient J J a is G *brave and true. Try to exhibit the
warrant him in going a * *, 'book ideal of a woman—a pure and good worn-
proposing the recork of sheep m the ^ I who(je life is mig l hty afl we *h aB beau
ty flocks, and gi ving is ry, , tiful in its maidenly dignity and attrac-
of breeding qualities, qualities of wool, J
the latter to be tested by microscopical | t-ve loveliness
Do not let it even seem
the latter 10 ue that drese and frivolity constitute your
examination, and results given, and pedi I, thoughtBi but let the elevation of
“ av ftS OWT1 ' >wed, I your character and the usefulness of your
plan! hi 0 11^ n P the man that walks by your
veS 1 lengthy 0 discussion followed, I your character and the usefulness of your
A vray pJ , - Triinnart’s nlan life lift up tho man that walks by your
^d 6 manv others not tufted with it M 0 - Some of you are in intimate asso
ana many , , . * anv ciations, which under exchanged promis-
Many thought the work to b 0 of “7 \ look * forward to a nearer and more
real value, s ou direct < n I enduring relation. In these hours do
SIth sides^tTtho Humphreys’ importasj nothing to lower, but everything to refine
their trains of thought to bed with them.
The best thing one can do is to take
care of the last half hour before retiring.
Devotion being ended, something may
be done to quiet the strings of the harp,
which otherwise would go on to vibrate.
Let me commend to you this maxim,
which I somewhere learned from Dr.
Watts, who says that in his boyhood he
received it from the lips of Dr. John
Owen—a very good pedigree for a max
im: ‘Break the chain of thought at bed
time by aomething at once serious and
agreeable.' By all means break the con
tinuity, or sleep will be vexed, if not
driven away. If you wish to know my
method, it is to turn over the pages of
my English Bible, alighting on a passage
here and a passage there, backward and
forward without plan, and without allow
ing my mind to fasten on any, leaving
any pla^e the moment it ceases to inter
est me. Some tranqmUring word ufler>
becomes a blessing of peace, ‘He giveth
nia beloved sleep.’ ’’
SATE r&OVR.
Wine and spirits are made from dates
by distillation; but they aro sold for the
most part to foreign traders. There is
still another product ofthe date—one that
is of vast importance to the poor Arabs
in their long journeys across the deserts.
This is date flour, mado by drying the
ripe fruit in the sun, and afterwards
giinding it to powder- It is then packed
in tight sacks, and if stowed away from
the damp, will keep for years. This is
food in its most compact form, easily car
ried about and needing no cooking; it
has only to be moistened with a little wa
ter, and then the meal is ready for eat
ing.
RBASiira AXiOtra.
The long winter evenings are at hand,
when families are shut up very much to
home enjoyments. One of the pleasant
est ways of passing an evening for the
family circle is to have reading aloud
from an interesting book.
A very pleasant accomplishment for
the indoor amusement of families is that
of reading aloud; but to read well, a cer
tain amount of study is requisite; first of
all, it is necessary to acquire a habit of
sustaining the voice; then, one must learn
to modulate the tones, to attend to punc
tuation, and, above all, the reader must
have a fair appreciation of the author’s
meaning. This involves a study of En
glish literature which is sadly needed by
most young ladies who are supposed to
have finished their education.
It is impossible to estimate sufficiently
the importance of reading aloud in the
family circle. Children are wonderfully
impressed by hearing poetry, their tastes
are formed and their minds stored with
knowledge often far beyond their years,
if they have been brought up where the
English classics are read aloud and talk'
ed aloud. And in after life, how often
amidst turmoil and trouble some scrap
of poetry or prose comes back to us in
the tones in which we heard it read. Some
noble sentiment, some pure thought, is
thus forever associated with “the tender
grace of a day that is dead," and with
“the sound of a voice that is still.
Manner.—Manner is a more important
acquisition than is generally thought. The
best and kindest people destroy their
own influence, and, • what is worse, often
create a prejudice against goodness, by
a hard, dry, discouraging manner ; more
especially as, after all, manner is goner
allv, on tho whole, a tolerably fair index
of the mind. Those who are courteous
and genial probably feel kindly toward
us at the moment, even though they may
forget us directly afterward; and certain
ly such people are infinitely preferable
to those who are equally careless of us.
and are rude into the bargain. There
is no reason why people should seek our
society if they would rather not—indeed,
no one would wish it we hope—but
evervbod.y has a right to expect courte
ous recognition and due civility at such
times as they are thrown into tho society
of their fellow-creatures.
Marvellous.—Among other wonders
of Brazil is the wonderful pottery tree
of Para. This tree attains height of 110
feet before sending out branches. The
stem is very slender, seldom much ex
ceeding one foot in diameter at the base.
The wood is hard, and contains a large
amount of silica—not so much, however,
as the bark, which is largely employed as
a source of silica in the manufacture of
pottery. In preparing the bark for the
potter’s use it is first burned, and the
residue is then pulverized and mixed with
clay in varying proportions. With an
equal quantity of the two ingredients a
superior quality of ware is produced. It
is very durable, and will bear almost any
amount of heat The natives employ it
for all culinary purposes. When fresh,
the bark cuts like 6oft sandstone, and the
presence of silex may be readily ascer
tained by grinding a piece of the bark
between tho teeth.
take a pain in the head? Will you take
a stab in the lungs? Will you take a blis
ter on the mucous membrane? Will
you take a nauseating sickness of the
stomach? Will yon take a redness of the
eyes, or black eyes? Will you take a tint
of red for your nose? Will yoa take a
ram bud for your face? Will you take
an offensive breath? Will you take a
touch of delirium tremens? Suppose we
change the question a little Will you
take something that will make you more
thirsty than you were before you drank
it. There would be some sense in asking
a man out at the elbows to take a coat,
or in asking a bare hoaded man to take a
hat, or in asking a shoeless man to take
a pair of boots, or in asking a hungry
man to take something to eat; bnt it is
a piece of insane absurdity to ask a man
to take something to drink—that which
will rot quench thirst. Why should he]
something? Will it mnke 1 iu. stron-1
gcr, wiser, better? No; a thousand times
no'. It. will make him weaker; it will make
him idiotic end b a se: it will make him an
cnemr to himself and a shame to his
HOW THE SOIL OF EGYPT IS
FORMED.
The sources of the Nilo aro contained
in the rain clouds of tho equator, which
pour themselves down the forest-plateau,
form into a thousand rivers, and finally
collect in enormous lakes, tho precise
number and importance of which are yet
to be determined. From Baker's Albert
Nyanra—tho most northerly in latitude
and lowest in level, of these inland seas
—the Nile runs toward Europe, and plun
ges into the Saharv. From its great
equatorial reservoirs it receives a suffix
ciency of water to maintain its existence
throughout this laud of fire, where all
other rivers are speedily extinguished.
But the Nile not only overflows the coun
try lying near its month, bn t casting mud
on the surface of the sand, creates the
meadow which is called Egypt.
Now this black mud does not come
from the lands of the equator ; the waters
of tho Nile aro clear, or white-, and al
though the lakes can keep the IS ile alive
in its journey through the desert, they
cannot make it overflow. W hence then
proceed this rich soil laden and redun
dant waters to the weary Nile?
On the right-hand side of that flowing
river, between its waters and tho Red
Sea, a cluster of mountains rises in the
air. Theso aro the Highlands of Ethio
pia—tho romantic Abyssinia, the Switzer
land of Africa: and down these hilly
slopes, at a certain season of the year,
rush two noisy streams—the Blue or
Black Nile, and"the Araba—which, strip
ping their country of its black upper
soil, fall into the Nile, and bestows upon
it such a wealth of water that, as soon as
it escapes from the rocky walls which
lines its course in tho Nubian Desert, it
is forced to overflow.
Thus the Nile is created by the rainfall
of the equator, and Egypt by the rainfall
of the tropics. If the White Nile did not
exist, the Black Nile would be nothing—
it would perish in the sand. But if the
Black Nile did not exist, the White Nile
would bo merely a barren river in a san
dy plan, with some Arab encampments on
its banks.— Winwood Read's African
Sketch-book.
On Medicinr-Taking.—Napolean, who
was a man of great intuitions, once said
to the Italian physician, Antommarchi :
“Believe me, we had better leave off all
these remedies. Life is a fortress which
neither you nor I know anything about.
Why throw obstacles in the way of its
defence? Its own means are superior to
all tho apparatus of your laboratories.
Mons. Covisart candidly agreed with me
that all your filthy mixtures are good for
nothing. Medicine is a collection of un
certain prescriptions, the results of which,
taken collectively, are more fatal than
npefnl to mankind. Water, air, and clean
liness are the chief articles in my phar
macopoeia.”
Choosing a Business.—There are a
great many Rinds oi business, and some
of teem are tou mean for uecoiii people.
Eveiy man who produces something—
something that the world needs—is a
public benefactor. So every man who
docs something that the world needs to
have done is a public benefactor. But
anv man whose business makes the world
any worse than it was before, cannot be
such a business man as he ought to be.
The first thing, then, is to choose a busi
ness that shall make the world better,
not worse. Perhaps you may not thus
choose the business which will make you
rich the quickest; but nevertheless you
will have chosen as you ought to choose.
How to Succeed.—If your seat is too
FrTrriah Appirkraai#* -Kflloit Prepar
«•»* I# Nnkr tkr Street* “*■■ tr*lk ■!••*.
Cincinnati, Daceml«r 15.—The Times
New Orleans special says: At a mas.
meeting of the people of Caddo and Sum
mer Grove parishes, it was resolved t
refuse employment to any Radicals, blacl
or white, ami to refnse to countenanc
any planter or merchant who gives aii
or comfort in any mannerto the same. Ii
Caddo it was also resolved that the whit<
people of Caddo parish declare that the}
intend to be bound alone by the verdic
of the people expressed at the ballot ho’
November 2, as announced by the com
mispioners of election who counted tht
votes, and proolaim their fixed purpos
to install into office, Janaary 1, 1875.
all officers elected in this parish. They
call upon other parishes, particularly in
North Louisiana, to take similar action,
pledging them their assistance.
Special to tho Chicago Time#.]
I A strong police force is now on guard
-t iko S„ate House, fully ermed and pro
I visioned, in anticipation of «*n attack fcj
.an White Leaguers, who hrv« not, up to
this t’tne, g>eu any pronounced indica
tion of when they wiil assume the offen
sive, or hew they will shape their ac
tions.
To day Kellogg telegraphed to the cap
tain in charge of the police force at the
State-house, asking him if he could hold
the building for twenty minutes against
an attack. Being assured that the place
could be held, Kellogg replied that if an
attack should be made by the white lea
gues, he would have the entire United
States military force here at tho scene
within that time, and that the streets
of New Orleans would run with blood.
The feeling seems to be general that
trouble is imminent, and that it may
begin at any moment. The Picayune
says of the feeling in the city: “For three
days the'city has been agog with sensa
tional reports, the origin of which it is
impossible to trace, but whose dreadful
purport is on everybody’s lips. Many
sober men would prefer to have the blow
From the GeioeTiHe Eagle,
than the &-glslat«re Oal! a Conven
tion ?
This question has now become a veiy
serious one, and it behooves ns to deal
vith it, as cool, thinking, unprejudiced
aen forgetting all mere local and person
1 considerations, and looking to tht
Treat interest of the whole people. We
re decidedly in favor of calling a Con-
ention. and we propose now to present
;ome of the reasons which actuate us in
;he advocacy of this course.
It is insisted there are but few changes
fa-sired in the organic law, and that these
:re unimportant, and hence, that the ex-
>ense of holding a convention will be so
ieavy that the benefits arising will be
e«s than the evils. Our answer is, that
be constitution is radically defectivein
nany important particulars. It has
proved a perfect failure in some respects,
> bile in others it has had a tendency to
•ring ruin upon the country, and the
[idstion of expense is one of very small
consideration, when compared with the
great issues involved. The cost of hold
mg a convention has been greatly exag-
g°rated by the opponents of a convention.
Im) minds of tne people are made u|
The work can soon l»e done, and we.
done.
Now we propose to give some reasons
which actuate ns in advocating the call of
a convention. We were, until recently,
amongst those who opposed the call,
and it was never, until we fully weighed
the matter, that we were convinced that a
convention should be held. Ever since
tho close of the war our people have been
attempting to do, by legislation of one
sort or another, what it is impossible, in
tho very nature of things, to accomplish
We havo had relief laws, stay laws and
lien laws, all of which were multiplying
the evils they were vainly intended to
remedy. Tho war left us moneyless and
in debt. The law makers attempted to
pay debts and make money plentiful by
legislation. The evils have increased.
Tho laws have been repealed, and yet the
people are experiencing the same difficul
ties they encountered at the close of the
war, or similar ones. The remedy is in
the people—in the bone and muscle, hon
estly and integrity of the people Let
fall rather than to live in a constant state j confidence be restored. Let men stand
of uncertainty. They would accept re-1 or f a jj according as they are worthv or
volution, rapine and murder, if it brought ] un worthv to be trusted,
a speedy and final termination to the ex- As have fonn(1 re lief laws, stay
isting uneasiness. Sensational as the as- j [ avrHi and lien laws wrong and injurious.
sertion may soiTnd, New Orleans is to
day terror-stricken—at what it cannot
conceive.”
Bow the Decision of the People is to
be Thwarted.
New Orleans, December 11.—The
course of the Board to-day in throwing
out the parishes where Democrats are
so, too, have we found the homestead law
injurious to the very class it is intended
to benefit—we mean the poor people.
Why tell me I shall have 2,000 dollars
worth of land and 1,000 dollars worth of
personalty, when I am not worth a thou
sand dollars, all told ? This law has de
stroyed credit, and oppressed the people,
when not one in a hundred ever availed
elected and leaving the canvass to the' himself of its benefits, and when one
Legislature develops the policy of the thousand dollars will afford perfect pro-
Radical party and aggravates the people; tection to nine-tenths of the Doorer peo-
more than ever. Great uneasiness is also p]e, and this would beget credit.
MYSTERIES OF THE ROSE.
AH the discoveries of scien fall short
of revaeling the secrets of natural pora
fume. The microscope compels the very
nomads of life to show their organic char
acter under its lens—gases can be
analyzed and weighed, but the odor of
th* musk or of the rose—what is it’
Could this question be answered, and the
cause of the fragrance of the rose, etc.,
be defined like that of sulphurous, sul
phurate, hydrogenic, or ammonia! odors,
an enormous stride in hvgene and in
chemistry might be recorded.
A series of experiments made by Pro
fessor Ville, in France, show that the dis
eases that attack the potai o arc, in part
the remit of a deficiency in the supply
of potash in the soil. For five vears in
succession the Professor planted pota
toes in the same soil without any fertili
zer; to other plots of ground he added
fertilizers that did not contain potash.
In all these cases the fruit became diseas
ed in the month of May, while on the
plots where potash was applied in suffi
cient quantity, the plants were healthy
and yielded an excellent product.
Thr Hkns’ Meeting.—There i:. a story
told of a certain conntry grocer who was
in the habit of buying his eggs from a
widow woman named Mrs. Jones, at the
rate of eighteen cents a dozen. One day
he devised an ingenious scheme, and pro
mulgated it to the aforesaid Mrs Joner,
by informing her that the grocers of the
country towns in the vicinity had held a
meeting and determined to pay only fits
teen cents per dozen for eggs thereafter.
The scheme worked to a charm, and ly
successive reports of fictitious grocers'
meetings, the unhappy Mrs. Jones was
induced to radnoe her eggs to twelve,
even ten cents per dozen, respectively.
But there the old lady stuck, and on tho
appearance of the imaginative grocer with
the report of another meeting, she burst
forth with, “Now, Mr. Brown, this can’t
go on any longer. The hens have had a
meetin’, and they've concluded that they
wont lay eggs for less'n ten cents •
dozen, ^for all the grocers in the country—
there! This settled the egg question.
caused by an application for garrisoning
the State House, as that will most effec
tually defeat the people’s legally elected
In the next place we want to return to
our old judiciary system. Under the
present system the Supreme Court sits
Legislature meeting in it in January. The, the whole year, almost. Re-establish ap
policy of the Conservatives is to organizo j peals, restore the Inferior Court or put
their Legislature and recognize McEnery, something in its stead, and the evil is
they being satisfied that no Radicals will remedied. The people are tending back
attempt force to defeat it; but if this can to the old landmarks. In many counties
only be accomplished by a collision with they have County Courts and Commis-
tionVand others thought in that case | and ennoble each other’s character,
there would not bo enough to make the
demonstrated'"that t there oris™ a wide I the prospect. Age 'looks back on the
demonstrate , , who happiness of youth, and instead of hopes,
difference m the wishes of the few wno J l enjoyment in the recollections
of hope*, o,e,
iJnot known, which must be compromia- m theim*gin»tion.
ad in some way before the work can take Lqve ig often but a solitary leaf, but
the place it should among the breeders ne jther storm nor blight can fade it Like
of fine-wool sheep of tho country. Very tbe perfume that a dead flower sends
much time was spent in arguing the mat f or th, it is sweet when all the gay sun
ter without arriving at any definite shine has departed; when all its bloom
plan. is past it has the fragrance of memory j
The following committee was finally i B the last lingering beam that glows
appointed to draft and approve a pl an long after sun and stars have set—a ref-
for the book, to be submitted at the reg a g e from the tempestuous and bereaving
iilar meeting in January next viz: Messrs. s torms of life.
Kwkp.teick, Homrickhonse »d Klip Tto , GBTnjry.-GmtUtj U neither
P* rt - in birth, wealth, manner, nor fashion, bnt
■ow wool-growing pays. ^he mind. A high sense of honor,
Washington county, Pennsylvania, is determination never to take advantage
claimed to be the burner county of the 0 f another, and politeness toward those
State in wool-growing, and they take a with whom we have dealings, are the
great interest in this branch of farm essential characteristics of a gentleman,
husbandry. The product this year was
over 2 000 000 lbs., which brought over You have not fulfilled every duty unless
$1,000,0(K) in money into the county. As you have fulfilled that of being pleas'
the county is not run to sheep specially, ant.
the bringing of a million dollars every H* has the largest life who lives lovs
year from outside, can scarcely fail to ingiy in the hearts of the largest number
the Federal troops they declare they will
yield an unwilling submission to bayon
ets.
There are threats made by the Radi
cals that if the Board gives the Demo
crats a majority in the Legislature war
rants will be prepared under the Enforce
ments act against enough to leave the
Democrats in the minority. They will
be arrested on the 4th of January and
held in confinement until the Kellogg par
ty organizes the Legislature and gets the
control. This is the last scheme devised
by reckless men; but they will hardly
dare to carry it out in defiance of the
people, who declare that they will not
tolerate farther trifling with their liber
ties. The Returning Board have gone
into secret session for the purpose of de
ciding on the Democratic parishes under
protest, and the hostile feeling against
them is greatly intensified One Repub
lican member to-day says they will give
the Democrats a small majority in the
Lower House. A large company of citi
zens nre milling to-night opposite the
I Iechanics’ Institute, an 1 reports say that
other streets are being used in tho same
manier.
TH* DE SOTO PARISH ELECTION.
The Returning Board has decided to
refer tho De Soto parish election retnms
to the Legislature, because they had no
returns from the Supervisor before them.
Some weeks ago Bean, the Supervisor,
gave the returns to a party, who refuses
to give them up until paid $1,000 for
them. The Conservatives urged the
Board and the State authorities to take
some action to compel the Supervisor to
report, but they refused to move in the
matter. The Conservatives to-day offered
the duplicates of the returns, which were
filed with the Clerk of the Court, the bal
lot boxes and the testimony of the Clerk;
hard to sit upon, stand up. IfVrock j but the Board declined to canvass the
rises up before you, roll it away, or climb ] duplicates or to examine the ballot
over it. H you want money, eam it. If: boxes,
you wish for confidence, prove yourself
sioners of Roads and Revenues. Why
not consolidate them, and call it Inferior
Court, at once ?
We were used to two trials, one on ap
peal. Now the only chance for a new
trial is to go to the Supreme Court, and
hence hundreds of cases crowd the dock
ets of that court, that would never leave
the Superior Court, if parties could have
a second trial. We never will get up a
better judiciary system than that of 1799,
as we had amended it
We are not afraid to trust the people
to make a constitution for themselves. We
see great evils resulting from our present
one. Now, after an experience of ten
years with the new citizens placed
amongst us by emancipation, with the
consequences of a war to contend with,
after a full, fair trial of our ante helium
constitution, and those of 1861, 1865,
and 1868, can we not, by taking the good
provisions of the present one, and sub
st ; tutirg the provisions of the old once
when we know they were bettor than th*.
unwise or defective provisions of oui
present constitution, make us one better
adapted to meet tho wants and fears of
individuals, better suited to the great
masses of our people ? Let us try it.
“Mother’s House."—How many happy
thoughts are called up by those two beau
tiful words! Is there—can there be any
place so full of pleasant places, befleath
the waving palms of sunny isles, or in the
chilling shadows of icy mountains. Our
heart turns with unchangeable love and
longing to the dear old house which has
sheltered us in childhood. Kind Mends
may beckon us to newer scenes, and lov
ing hearts may bind us fast to pleasant
homes; but we are not satisfied with them
alone, for there is one place more fair
and lovely than them all, and that is the
beloved “mother’s house.” Here we have
watched life come and go; here we have
folded still, cold hands over hearts as
still, that once beat full of love for us;
here we have welcomed brothers and sis
ters into life, watched for the first lisp
ing words from baby lips, guided the
tottering baby feet from helplessness to
manh.od, and here we have watched,
with aching hearts, to see the dear ones
turn from the home nest out into a world
which b<m proved but a snare and a temp
tation to many wandering feet; and here
we gather strength to take up our lives
again, and go on patiently unto the end.
But though the world call us, and we
may find friends good and true, we turn
to the dear old home, when troubles
come, for help and comfort.
uizare a permanent and conspicuous pros-j of people.
parity. The people of many other seC' “Patience is alwavs crowned with suc-
t ons, by imitating the practice o our I ceBB This rule is without an exception.
Washington county fri end ®> sec ™® It may not be a splendid success, but
in a measure their thrift. One thing lor never takes anything in hand
which Washington county is remarkable that it does not succeed with in some
is th* attention which sheep owners give f orm “ So writes a recent essayist. But
to the improvement of their flocks, and
the constant effort they make to hold
them to the highest standard.
W. C. R1DGELT.
Bethany, Brooke Co.. W. Va., Nov., 74
jTorroo begets confidence sooner than' wa« done wui. a go.*d motive and wiih
the beet judgment at tike time.
how about hens sitting on porcelain eggs?
Too many persons are far lees ashamed
of having done wrong than of being fonnd
out.
Nivel reflect on a pasi action which
Hurry and cunning are the two ap
prentices of dispatch and skill, but neith
er of them ever learned their master s
trade.
Six things temper the hankhips of this
life: Good diet, a kind friend, a faithful
wife, an obedient child, a prudent tongue
and a wise head.
‘Sheib tx ue ?" «a»d * little bootblack
to a etranirer, whose boote showed great
depth and richness of soil. “No, clear
outr^waa tire burly reply. “See l£‘ 0
stranger,” leWted me boy, “a U ehntc
you up for she dtrt on your ooots, as a
gpecuka\onC
worthy of it It takes longer to skin an
elephant than a mouse, but the skin is
worth something. Don t be content with
doing what another has done—surpass
it. Deservo success, and it will come.
The boy was not born a man. The sud
does not rise like a rocket, or go down
like a bullet fired from a gun : slowly but
surely it makes its round, and never tiros
It is as easy to be a leader as a wheel
horse. H the job bo long, the pay will
be greater ; if the task be hard, the more
competent you must be to do it.
Our Future Men and Women.—The
boys and girls are what the men and
women will be by and-by. The good sis
ters make tbe good wives, and the good
brothers make the good husbands ofthe
after time. If yon want to know with a
fafr certainty what each will be in the
unalterable relation and solemn respon
sibilities of married life, you can see it
all mirrored in the life that as child and
youth they led. The affectionate kind-
nsss, considerate attention, and unselfish
devotion which made brother and sister
dear to each other, and made tbe home
Cilminl beautiful, will not have exliaus-
ted themselves when the old home is left
but on nearer and dearer ones will pom-
out their treasures of grace and good**
188.
It is the same old story at Vicksburg.
One white man killed and one wounded,
and any quantity of negroes killed and
wounded. As it is always the black sheep
who begin the trouble, it is surprising
that they always get so very much the
worst of it; or, rather, as the blacks al
ways have so many more killedand woun
ded than their foes, it is surprising the}
should begin the trouble.—Ulevelan<
Herald. . - * ■ ■
The colored men have abundance o
zeal, but they are deficient is discretion
Thai they are not so well armed as th<
whites, and me less efficient a* marksmen
The average Southern white man shoot
with great wxvatcy.^-OmcinnaU En
qutr&.
H-nias is now ile twelfth Stito w-
a compulsory education low u r on i-
took*
Chancellor Bismarck RUed.
Berlin, December 17.—It is rumored
Bismarck regards the action of the Reich
stag yesterday, in voting that in order
to uphold its dignity the constitution
should be amended so as to prevent the
arrest of a deputy during a session, as
equivalent to a vote of want of confidence
and is determined to resign. It is farth
er said that in consequence of this view
of the Chancellor tho resolution will be
modified at to-days’s sitting of the Reich-
eiag.
A kiaf Defeated.
Philadelphia, December 15.—A bitter
contest between the old ring members of
the Union League and the friends of the
opposition ticket, headed by John P
Veree, terminated last night in the elec
tion of the latter ticket The polls re
mained upen till after midnight and the
result has just been announced. Charles
Gibbons headed the ring ticket for Presi
dent and was on the opposition ticket for
Vice-President bnt he withdrew his name
at the last moment and is among the de
feated. The successful party claim that
had there been a different result the
Union League would have been broken
OP-
She Arkansas Question
Washington, December 17.—During
the last session of Congress Governor
Baxter presented to the House Arkansas
Committee, through his attorneys, a pro
test in the shape of a demurrer, against
he proceedings of Congress in the Arkan
as case. The committee have not seen
■roper either to decide upon the protest
, r present it to the House for considera-
ion; therefore the remarks sdon to be
ode before the committee by ex Gov
rnor Baxter and Lowe will be predica
ed on the protest but at the same time
r.ey will insist that Garland is tbe legal
lovernor of Arkansas.
Delaware is peculiar at all times. This
-ear she has a full legislature—thirty
a en—with not a lawyer among tiie num
ber. There aro farmers, and merchant*.
■ id philosophers, but not a member ol
.-he legal profession.
Girl and Wife.—Who has not seen
with half wonder the sadden develop
ment of a young couple when once they
have become father and mother ? A few
days ago—yesterday it seems—and they
were almost children. The young wife
was a girl with all the joyous carelessness
and heedless buoyancy of a child. Her
older friends—at least those who had
not thought enough—shook their heads
dubiously, and told one another that she
was “fit for anything but to be married;”
“she would be bettor at home with her
mother, or even at her school." But the
wife becomes a mother, and a marvel
lous transformation takes place. There
may be the same vivacity and spirit, but
all is calmer, deeper, stronger. She has
entered a new world, and is endued with
powers. A wise providence has
taken the placo of thoughtlessness; a
firm self-reliance that of helpless
dependence; an untiring energy that of
dreamy inactivity. Tho girl has sud
denly become a woman, challenging vour
respect with your admiration.
A Curious Flower —The French Bishop
of Canton has just sent to the Jardin
d" Acclimatation, at Paris, a plant whose
flower changes color three times a day
It is spoken of as another wonderful evi
deuce of Chinese art in leading nature
out of her customary paths. It is not
more remarkable than a natural floral
freak of Southern Australia, a beautiful
flower, similar to our well-known morn**
ing-glory, with five streaks of color on
its bell-shaped calyx. In the early morn
ing the color streaks are pale blue To
ward noon they tom to a rich purple
tint, which changes to a light pink dur
ing the afternoon. As tho day declines
the color fades, disappearing entirely al
ter cun set, when the flower closes and
dies.
Through Many Hands.—la viewing
that tiny bit of steel called a needle, it is
hard to realize that seventy pairs of hand*
are required to make it perfect. Seventy
pairs of hands required to make a needle!
and each pair necessary to make tho
needle perfect. If only one pair refused
to do their part, the wholo would be a
failure. It is painstaking in little things
and in small parts which lends tc excel
lence and success. We are apt to slight
bits of work, thinking it is of no account.
The details of a plan must be faithfully
earned out to make the plan a success.
If the parts of a work are all well done,
the whole will be complete, and only
then.
The La Grange “Reporter,” after- argu
ing that a Convention cannot be efficient,
says: “Lest we should be misunderstood,
we assert positively that we are not op
posed to a constitutional convention, but
simply doubt its efficiency; w« are in
favor of a removal of the capital to Mil-
ledgeville at the earliest possible time."
The North Georgia M. E. Conference
voted in favor of the Amendment to the
General Roles in regard to Temperance
—85 yeas, 80 nays.
The amendment is to strike oat the
following from the General Roles.
“Dronkeness or drinking spirituous
liquors unless in cases of necessity.”
And inserting the following:
Making, buying, selling or using as a
beverage, intoxicating liquors."
The next session to be held at Griffin.
The South Georgia Conference passed
the amendment by a vote of 62 to 41.
The Democratic, Liberal Republican
and anti-monopol} parties of Iowa, have
united in a call for a State convention,
to be held in Desmoines on the loth of
Jane, for the purpose of organizing a
party in time for the Federal campaign,
and nominating a State ticket.
The Springfield Republican advises
that some enterprising Massachusetts
Congressman shall take the wind out
of Ben Bntler’s sails by forcing an in
vestigation into the mysteries of the
Charlestown Navy Yard. The doings in
that yard are said to have exceeded in
downright rascality anything on record,
and it is only proper that the nation
shall be made aware of corruption that
has prevailed there, and how intimately
Butler stands connected with it.
Foot thousand United States troops
are employed in the South to carry elec
tions by their presence, to intimidate
white men, to maintain a bayonet gov
ernment, to protect carpet-bag thieves,
and finally to establish a reign of terror.
It will be the duty of the next Con
gress to stipulate, when it appropriates
money for the army, that the soldiers
shall be placed where they can prevent
Indians from murdering the whites of
the West, instead of being in the South
where their only business is to assist in
robbery and pillage. Not a soldier must
be in the South except in a fort—Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
The well-known spice, cinnamon,
the inner baik of the ijaura cinnamo-
tnum, a species of lanrel. It is largely
cultivated in the island of Ceylon. The
cinnamon-tree emits no smell while grow
ing, except a little from the blossoms,
which are white. The leaves and foot
stalks are slightly aromatic; but it iB the
bark alone which gives out that delicious
odor to which no other perfume bears
resemblance. The cinnamon bark, before
being dried, iB of a pale yellow, about
the thickness of parchment The best is
rather pliable, and that quality distin
guishes it from the inferior kinds, as
well as its color, the commoner being
browner and thieker. Owing to the high
price of cinnamon, the bark of eaa ‘
much substituted for it; bnt it is much
thicker and coarser than cinnamon, and
lacks that peculiar sweet, delicious taste
of the genuine' bark.
There ore two things that a man sel
dom forgets—His first love and bis first
took*
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