Jasper Republican, Volume 1, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1874 — Page 4

Mr. Moulton Publishes Another Statement.

before the coinmittee by Mr. Tilton; and bow he jutAMr. Tracy—Mr. Beecher’s counsel—acted tosether to this end; but owing SO their inability to prevent the meeting of the committee on the e w t ith r reaard n to statement that & December, WO, Mr. Moulton reitaratesnts assertion that the document wax held h£him and returned to Mr. Tilton after thetnMtStte agreement, to be returned to Mrs. TUton fSTshe mirtit destroy it. Mrs. TiUon’s letter requesting this return is again published. With regard to the interview at the time Mr. Beecher g "wsu h i ssas & ssariK. he asked me: ‘What will you do with it if I ■"us??# foS“,'o*2' ’erence to the ich I always the extremity wtopened-Ms e remark, he ‘Jitt.'cjLt for*lhe With regard to Mr. Beecher’s letter of contrition, Mr. Monlton explains at length the circumstances under which it was written. #e says, as Wfore stated, that it was written out according to the dictation df Mr. Beecher, and that the exact langnage Of Mr. Beecher was used in the letter. lie (Moulton) was not in <the habit of using such language; and could hardly have composed the letter in Question. He says: “I should not toyself have used the phrase * Humble myself before him as I do before my God [’l was nomsed'to that kind of expression; nofTbephrase ‘Toward the poor child mng there praying with folded hand*. I never caned a woman of fteiriv forty years old a ‘ gpor child in my life. I did not know that she was ‘ lying anywhere with folded hands. Beecher did, because be; says in his statement to tha, corMhittee ’that ‘She lay there, white ah ma&le, like a statue of the Old World, p#hT'SlF palm,' like one praying,’ thus r«P«@TOg four years afterward almost the idea&sfi&orSee and picture Which he conveyed to me, and'-which I put in the * letter erf contrition.’ r-gpuJJ.not have use«*tha phrase ‘ I have her because I did not know whether he Sad it or not, except as he told me, awdif I had Anted upon my belief in the matter I should he had not. This letter, after being preparedrby me, was readOSy him"before he pat his signature to it. The explanation pfflPfey Beecher in his statement that ‘this paper was a mere memorandum of points to be nseKhy bint (me) in setting forth My (his) feelings; * * * but "they were put into the sentences by him (me) expressed as he (I) understood them, not as my (his} words, but as hints of my (his) figures and letters, to be used by him mi conversing with Tjlton. * * * "iris' a mere string of hints, Tastily made by an unpracticed writer, as helps to his memory in Representing to Mr. Tilton how I felt toward his family-’ AH this explanation is a mere after-thOTight-made hP we purpose of explanation merely. Beechhr.always treated this letter as his own |n all the after conversations upon the subject with (Mr. Samuel Wilkeson, Mr. Beecher’s friend.*' In a Bxibfieqjient conversation with Mr. Monlton Mr. Beechar had alluded to; the ddcumeuL in question ae-hl* (Beecher’s) letter to Mr. Tilton, and asked M*. M.: “ Can’t we hit upon some plan to break the force of my letter to Tilton?” etc. : , Jr. . M Mr. Moulton again brings forward his proofs that Mr. Beetmer and Mrs. Tilton renewed their intimacy after the cdnfesSidn was made, and after both had given assurance to i’ilton that they would nothneet exoept through him, Afteragain printing Mrs. TUSbtra note to Mr. Beecher, conciudihg with the expression “ Of course, I shouldlike to share With yon my joy,”. Mr. Jf&dlton pro. dncet ’Shoffier lettSTfrom Mr. Beecher to Mrs. Tilton, which is-as follows;

“ The bless idg of God you. Everrl spark of light and warmth in’ your own house will a sun In my dwelling. Your notelproite like spring (sic) upon winter, and gave wfepß inwardjebaund toward life. No one can God. threap what a drears wflderness I have wandered. There was MoanVlginai; there was the barren waste, and there wasthe alternation of hope and despair that marked the pilgrimage of old. If only it might lead to the promised land! . Dr, like Moses, shall I die on the bottler? Your hope and eftarage are alike amazing. Could God inspire you to restore and rebuild at home, and, while doing it, to cheer and sustain outside of it another who sorely needs help in hdartand spirit, it will prove a life so noble ae fewmea. able to live, and in ‘another world the emancipated soui may irtter thanks. If it would be of comfort to you now and then to send me a letter of true inwardness (sic), the outcome of vour inner life, it would be safe, for I am now at home here with my sister, and it is permitted to yod,(sic) and will be an exceeding refrlshment to me, for your heart-experi; ehcdl are often like "bread from heaven to the hungry. God has enriched your moral nature — mav not others partake?” “This.” says Mr. Moulton, "ism Mr. Beecher’s handwriting, but without direction or signature; but the note inclosed in pencil tells us the direction of it,' as the words ‘ Your note broke like spring upon winter’ tell also to what note it was in reply, because that quotes the words of Mrs. Tilton, * Spring has come,’ asking him to * share her joyr’ she being ‘all right’ now. The inclosure is 6n k slip of paper marked * O,’ but which" I ’do not f reduce here, reserving it for . presentation before another tribunal. Was there ever a plainer cate ofbkneWal orintimaey, to say the least, than this? Mark also, amid the. prayers to God contained in the longer note. Beecher’s suggestion that Elizabeth can write him now with safety, because he is living at home with his sister, i. e., his wife is away.” Mr. Moulton: then gives in detail Beecher’s alleged confessions .to him of his adnlterywith Mrs. Tuton. He sayslt has been said that, being a man of ’the world, I drew inferences from his (Beedber’s) pure and unguarded expressions which they did not authorize, and therefore as to theseMotters I have left inferences to be drawn by those who read them in a light which dates and factwhave now thrown upon them. But to answer this criticism in another direction, and to show the impossibility that I could be mistaken, not seeking to shelter myself under any supposed misunderstanding, but taking all the burden of veracity betwefen Beecher, Tilton and myself, f now proceed to give each portions as are necessqgy of some few of the conversations in which Beecher made confession of adulteiy. I have before stated that the first confession was made on the night I went for the ‘ retraction’ of Mrs. Ttitoa;-raat I there told him: ‘Mr. Beecher, ypu have had criminal intercourse with Mrs. Tilton, and yon have done great injury to TUfon otherwise,’ and I say further in my published statement ‘that he confessed and denied not, bnt confessed,’ as he did not deny this charge so explicitly made by me. Whatever inferences I have made from his words at other times he certainly could not have mistaken mine at this* time. When speaking of the relations of man and woman. ‘ criminal intercourse’ has hat one literal meaning, even to -clergymen. It, however, seems necessary r that 1 should go still further, which I do, and I say that on that evening he confessed to me his relations with Mrs. Tilto* in language so vivid that I could not possibly mistake or forget it. He said: ‘My acts of intercourse with that woman were as natural and sincere in the impression of mv love for her as the words of endearment which I addressed to her. There seemed to be nothing in what we did together that I could not justify to myself cm the ground of ouflove for each other, and 1 think God will not blame me for my acts with her. I know that at present it would be utterly impossible for me to testify myself before man.” Mr. Moulton then calls attention to the assertion made in his former statement that in the presence of himself and another witness, whom he stills feels reluctant to bring forward (of course, not Mr, Tilton), both Mrs. Tilton and Mr. Beecher admitted, in language not to be mistaken, the truth of the charges against them, and asked, advice as to, the course to be taken by them. ’-a With regard to the question of blackmail, Mr. Moulton says it has never beenrred to him that the procedure by which money was obtained from Mr. Beecher was an extortion. He (Monlton) himself, his business partners and others were subscribing money toward sustaining the Golden Age , and he had no thought that Beecher was doing anything other and different from what the rest were doing, except that he (Beecher) had. perhaps, an additional personal motive-to sustain an enterprise whidßaif favored and the results of which were looked npon as an honor to journalism. A careful examination of Mi? Beecher’s statement will show that the suggested payment of $5,000 first came to him (Moulton) *fre nr Mr. Beecber, and was not made by Mr. Monlton to Mr. Beecher. He (Moulton) tola Mr. Beecher Mr. Tilton would not receive the money ff he knew it came from Mr. B„ and therefore it was arranged between Jthem that it should be given taTilton sumsas coming »(Mrs. Tilton’s mother) to Mr. Beecher, in which she addresses him as her son and signs herself, “Mother,” is given in full. After stating her pecuniary difficulties, she writes: “Do come and see me. I will promise that the ‘ secret of her life,’ as she calls it, shall not be mentioned. I know it’s hard to bring it np, as yon must have suffered intenselv, and-we ail will, I fear, until released by death. -Bo yon pray for me? If not, pray do. 'I never felt more rebellions than now; more need of God’s and human help. Do yon know I think it strange yon should ask me te call you ‘ son ?’ I have told darling I felt If you could, in safety to yourself and all concerned, you would be to- me all this endearing name. Am I mistaken f” Mr.Moulton then says: “This letter bears date .Oct. 24. I fix the date to be in 1871, because it was at that time that -Mrs.Morse had the house, for which she was paying sl,soQrent, and in the time when Tilton was allowing his wife S4O per week for household expenses.- This letter was given to me by Beecher as written by Mrs. Morse, Elizabeth’s mother, and is a call on him for money, which may ex-

bJpaJi^r^^ e^me hi It^»theoLt aSaf n °H to o’btaiii advantage &?onf*elf by aßingthe unfortunate situation of another is blackmail, then Beecher himself was a blackmailer. He protected himself from Bowen brnstog Tilton to but Bowen's that Moulton had in charge, and thereal point was to avoid lince leading member of his church, and rest com tent until his innocence waa folly and cleariy esbrutal offense with as much delicacy as their wickedness would allow, but that his very reticence had been made the ground of accusation that he had mistaken the purport of what Mr. Bescber had said, or that if he were telling the former statement; and if someone published which ought not to be ..jpitbllshed, tt was not his fault, bgt a necessity made by Beecher and fqr Ms-(Moulton’s) own xjsidlcv lion. ExacMr how the matter came about was as -m+toWlf-He showed to Mr. Beecher the letter of Tilton to Bowen, bearing date Jan. 1,1871, containing the charges alleged to have been made by Bowen in the presence of Tilton and Oliver Johnson, and Beecher deemed it necessary to tell Monlton the truth concerning his adultery with the woman to whom he supposed Bowen referred, Mr. Moulton here gives Beecher’s con. session or narrative of tge- afhtr, which, in. the interest of decency, is ftfire suppressed. He suggested that unless Beecher obtained a retraction of the story from the wwmattbe would tale day find himself a* Bowen’s mercy. Such a paper he obtained on the 10th of January, 1871, hot It* was not so dkect or satisfactory as the retraction he obtained non Mrs. Tilton. Beecher denied the allegation of rape, but did not deny the fact of adultery. Mr. Moulton also stated that that connection and intimacy was still contHwed, as he believed, but declines to give either hername or copies of her letters in his hand#, because he did not wish needlessly to involve a reputation which had thus far escaped public mention by any of the parties to the controversy. The last episode of crime -had been related to him in the presence of witnesses. , ■ iUffii In relation to Mr. Beecher’s proposed ffaicide, Mr. Monlton states that Mr. Beecher told him, and showed to another in his presence, that he had within reach in bis own study a poison which he would takq, if ever the story of his crinte with Mrs. Tilton should become public. He told him of a visit he had madd to a photographer’s gallery, when he learned that one of the employes had mistaken a glasa-of poison for a glass of water, and, having taken and drank it, bad falleir dead. With scarcely time to drop the glass. Mr. Beecher said that was what be wanted for himself, and, under the plea of making some photographic experiments, he procured some of this same poison-from the photographer, which he told Monlton ne intended to hep if an intimation of his crime should be made, and then he said “ it would he simply reported that Beecher died of apoplexy, but God and you and I will know what caused my death,” If those who blamed.. Monlton - could have - looked into Mr. Bdecher’s grief-stricken face and listened to the tones of his. voice* in great emergencies, in which he said there was no refuge for him but in death, they “Would have felt impelled to do as gerfferou3 and open-hearted a service as he (Moulton) had-practice# toward him. ft wouM bavh taken a harder heart than his, being witness of Mr. Beecher’s sorrows, not to forget his sins. i . - The remainder of the long statement is only interesting—-not important—personal matters.

Interesting Facts About the Oyster.

The oyster is a universal! &vorite, as i ought to be. A good way to get at the truth about oysters is just to imagine for a moment that the whole crop was a failure this year, and jh that case what a terrible: gloom would overspread the city, and what a winter be in store for us! But fortunately the crop this year promises to" tie an excellent one. Reports from all the plantations are fully assuring that never for many years has there been so fruitful h fecundation, so great a thriving of the juveniles and so sturdy a development of the “ three-year-olds.” Hence there is cause for rejoicing, and at the present moment toe may in imaeination look along the shores of the East River, 14 Long Island Sound, along the rivers of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, away to North Carolina, down in Baltimore and Virginia, and we shall see the plantations swarming with the crusty shells and count thousands and thousands of men, women and children all earning a livelihood by the production, tending and transporting 'of this fish that never moves. Most people know that the oyster is “ raised” for us with the same amount of care and with something like the precautions with which other productions are obtained in large quantities. Oysters are first taken from their natural beds; that is, they are caught at various places as other fish are caught. But the supply gained in this way would be entirely .inadequate to meet the extraordinary demand were it not that the. oystermen have recourse to the plantations. The planting is done by selecting several acres of water at favorable spots near the shore, into - which the oysters are thrown to spawn, and where, consequently, the crop is raised. The egg of the oyster is something like that of the fish; it spatters outy and rises -to the surface, but soon settles down, catching upon the first substance it meets below. The egg will grow upon a block of wood, or a stone, or almost any hard substance. Oystermen, however, frequently throw into this plantation some thousands of shells, well dried and whitened and split by the action of the sun, and this method is considered the most favorable to the growth of the oyster In about two or three weeks the egg has become about the size of a three-cent piece. It ceases to grow in cold weather, and sometimes the water may become too cold for it to live at all. In the spring it grows rapidly. Old and experienced wholesale oyster dealers say that the oyster is fit for the market after three yews’ growth, and, in fact, that the oysters yearly presented for sale are rarely over that age. Others, however, say that the oyster has not reached its full maturity until it is seven years old.

It is difficult to make even an approximate estimate of the total number of oysters consumed in this city each day of the nine months of the oyster season. >Old and experienced oystermen refuse even to guess at the figures. The following may give an idea, so far as the oyster saloons go, of the consumption daily when the season is at its height, not including the consumption in hotels or ordinary restaurants, or in private families: Average number of stews 560,000 Average number of fries 250,000 Average number of raws 175,000 Average number.of roasts 75,000 Average number of broil s 25,000 Total number of dishes 1,075,000 Along the East River, in the neighborhood of Broome street, there are eighteen large wholesale establishments, and on the North River there are thirty-three similar ones. These concerns do the great bulk of the oyster trade in New

aixty may be boats including some schooners, have amount of business is done with independent boats, whose cargoes are not jnyof thejarger^ol^ale tofind some wholesale dealer whowottld venture to give an estimate of the oyster businessdone in this city, but failed to find ohe Who would say more than that the trade was really enormous, and the number of men altogether employed outside and in the city, in the business of supply, waa beyond his counting to anything like a reasonable estimate. It would be safe to say, said one gentleman, that 100,000 men make a livelihood out of the clyster trade, but the business in not confined to New York alone. The export to the West is about equal te the consumption in this city. Chicago doesj a great oyster business, and the tirade* with the West is increasing in proportion as the population increases there. From Baltimore, also, large supplies are sent to the West. The oyster trade from Vir- ( ginia is immense in the winter months, fully 100 sail of vessels coming into our rivers for the oyster market. The growing proporticmß of the business cannot be accurately measured, but that it-is yearly extending is claimed by all in the trade.* Most people are not aware that there is no such oyster-nowadays the Saddle Bock. Every large oyster may be called the Saddle Rock, but the article of that name long ago disappeared. The origin of the name arose forty years ago, and the designation has since been kept up. At Little Neck, situated about eighteen miles up the East River, forty years ago, or thereabouts, oysters used to be taken from a cove in that vicinity, in which was a large rock called the Saddle Rock,” owing to its formation. The oysters taken from the natural bed here were found to be of the most delicate flavor and of t£e largest size. So .great ycas'the demand for them .that the natural bed soon got to be worked out, and no amount of “ planting” elsewhef* could keep the supply equal to the demand. Within a few years from tbit time the “ Saddle Rocks” had been all gobbled up and fio more were to he found, either on the land or ip the see, nor have they dwelt anywhere, so'far as since know#, except in the fertile imaginations of oyster-saloon keepers. Anatomical scientists say that the oyster is a marine acephalous mollusk of the lamejlibranchlate' order of the genus ostrea.' The shells are inlquivalve, 1 antedated, the upper shell being the smaller and moving forward with age, leaving a grove for the ligament along the adhering valve. The oyster hps no feet, the lobes are widely separated and united only near the hinge. Respiration is carried on with the vascular gills. Without jaws or teeth the oyster separates and selects its food by- means of short labial processes, and is, therefore, unable to feed upon any resistive substance. From the beginning of May to the end of August the spawhing takes place. It is said that the general belief that oysters are not fit to eat during these months is a popular error, started and supported by the oystennen themselves in order to produce a cessation in the demand. The oysterman must have a good knowledge of the tides and of the anatomy of the oysters in order to secure proper planting. Especially has he to observe that he take the oysters from the bed when the tide is running out, so that the fresh water may come down from the rivers at the mouth of the beds and supply the fish with drink, for too salt water make the oyster lean and unhealthy. In-plant-ing, however, the breeders are put in high water; but when the water is too salt it becomes necessary to remove the plantation for immersion in fresh water, the latter imparting, according to the judiciousness exercised in its use, deliciousness in flavor and largeness in size. The moon is the oysterman’s guide. Opinions differ as to whether rocky bottoms are best for oyster beds. Many experienced oystermen believe that a soft, sandy loam, like the bed of the East River, is the most fruitful. Experience is said to show that in transplanting the oyster must he returned to a soil almost similar to that upon which it was bred in the natural bed. Contrary practice has for a result an excessive mortality.— N. Y. Herald.

—ln the warm days of summer, with dust and perspiration, the heads of people, especially of laborers and children, get very, dirty,, and common washing will not remove {his. HereTs a recipe, given me by a noted lecturer on hygiene, which lam sure will please all who use it: “In a pint bottle put a spoonful of olive oil and add two ounces of best spirits of ammonia or hartshorn; shake. Then mix with three ounces of alcohol, and when thoroughly mixed fill the bottle with soft water. Remember to put in the ingredients in the order named, or you will have ‘ stuff’ and no chemical onion at all. To apply, take a spoonful or two of this with a little warm water; dip a sponge or rag in and wet the scalp thoroughly, now rinse off in’ plenty of warm water, and you will he surprised at the amount of dirt, though you may have thought your head perfectly clean. For the heads of young infants it is just the thing, as it instantly removes the dirty scurf without pain or trouble. It should be rather weaker for a babe than for an adult.”— Cor. Western Rural. —Gilding and Silvering Silk Thread.— In a process that has oeen patented in England, gold or silver leaf is rubbed on a stone with honey until reduced to fine powder. The silk thread is soaked or boiled in a solution of chloride of zinc, and, after being washed, it is boiled in water with which the gold or silver powder has been mixed.. When washed and dried it will be found coated with a fine layer of gold or silver, which may even be polished in the usual manner. The Brooklyn Argus says that the song of the mosquito is “ Hum, sweet hum.”

HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Mouoihbss.—Preserves and jellies may be kept from moldinese by covering the surface with pulverized loaf sugar ; thus protected they will keep for years.— - TVifr iff TVrjum , •%-* Dogging, rapidly chasing, heating, or frightening milch jjow# not only greatly reduces the quantity of milk, but careful investigation has demonstrated that they seriously injure the healthy quality of the same.— Roma Sentinel. Carbolic acid is not only a cure bat a preventive of the painful eruptions caused by handling poison ivy. A teaspoonful of the acid should be put in a half a. pint of boiling water, and a few drops of this rubbed on the hands and face before touching the vines. To Stiffen Linen. —Such articles as collars, cuffs, etc., which require to be made very stiff, should starched in the following manner: Mix a tablespoonful of starch with enough cold water to make it smooth, then turn on enough boiling water and boil it ten minutes ; then* add a bit of white wax the size of a three-cent piece and a teaspoonful of alcohol. The spirit is to increase the stiffness and help to retain it. The wax is to prevent the starch from sticking to the iron. If the flat-iron still sticks >to the starch, rub hard' soap gently over the bottom of the iron. Put the collars, cuffs, etc., into a tin pan and place in a warm spot by the stove or range, to become very dry before putting away. —Daisy Eyebriglti. How to Cook Potatoes.— Peel, and either boil or steam two pounds of potatoes till they fall to pieces; if boiled drain the water from them, and let them stand by the side of the fire, with the lid off for five minutes, to let the steam evaporate; add a lump of butter about the size of,asmall egg, or more if wished, and when this has melted break up the potatoes as small as possible with a fork, and then mash with a wooden spoon, adding milk by degrees till they are the proper Turn into the dish, and; smooth, them with a apoo r If liked*, they may be put in the oven for a few minutea to Jasown. Bait will, of course, have been put in while they were boiling. Pepper is sometimes added, but this is a matter of taste.— Burat Neu> Yorker. The Maine Farmer says: “We need again to urge farmers to have greater regard for their personal health and com* forrtban is generally thccase. We know just how hard farmers have to work, and how pressing are the demands of the present season. But nothing is gained by and long-continued application. Work in the morning and at night, andt if possible enjoy a long‘‘nooning”—it will do you no harm. Bathe frequently and never repose a night in the inner clothing in which you have worked during, the day. Have a light, clean night-shirt,-to take the place of that full of perspiration and dust, and enjoy to its fullest extent the refreshing influence of the night’s rest. Eat wholesome and well-prepared food, but avoid an excessive use of fresh meats. Drink sparingly of cold water during warm weather —great injury often results from this cause.

Plowing.

There arc three principal things necessary to good plowing: first, the ability to properly guide a team; second, knowledge and tact to arrange the plow to the work in hand; and third, an intelligence in gauging the furrow slice and properly turning the furrow’. These being learned, the rest is easy. The greatest difficulty with plowmen is in laying out and finishing the lands. This being properly understood, the act of plowing becomes simple enough. Let us give one easy, efficient and ordinary plan: Set a line of light stakes across the field; gauge the reins so that, when placed on the beam handle of the plow, and at the point where it is grasped by the hand, the team being in ifiotion, they will just bear kindly on the bits of the horses. Place the team so that the line of vision will be over the mold-board of the plow and between the horses to the stakes. Set the plow so that it will turn a furrow from one-half to three-quarters the depth the land is to be plowed; grasp the lines with two fingers of the left hand, at the near or left side of the handle, so that, when the rein is pulled straight back, there will be leverage enough against the handle with the ofirein to draw both alike. Thus, pulling slightly to the left will swerve the team to the right, and easing on the rein will bring them ta the left. A steady rein will keep them straight; and, however fresh the team may be, if steady, no trouble will be. experienced in keeping them in a direct line to do good work. There is no other plan that we have ever tried by which a team is under so good control. Some practice is required by the plowman to do good work, hut less than by any other plan, not even excepting the Irish way of grasping a rein in each hand while holding the plow. Keeping the eye directly along the stakes, seek to so plow them down that they shall fall sideways. Upon reaching a stake do not stop, but continue to the end of the furrow. Bringing the team directly about, gauge the plow to cut the full depth you wish to work. Turn the next slice and the previous one into the farrow already opened, stopping at each stake to place them for the next land; and thus proceed until you have reached the starting point. Then go once more about, drawing two more furrows. An ordinary plowman may then be trusted to finish two-thirds or three-quarters of the land. In plowing the lands after they are laid out, the lines, without any detriment to the work, may be carried around the hips of the plowman; but if the team he fairly trained, they may be tightly held with two fingers of the left hand, or even be allowed to rest upon the handle,which leaves the body entirely free ; and it is the motion of the body as much as anything else that assists in doing perfect work. Each bolt ahont the plow should fill the holes and every nut should be drawn tight. The team should be in direct line of draught, so that, when the team is going forward, the plow will cut its ordinary furrow with the guide piiHn the

center hole of tie b««m, and, when the aide of the plow la mnning lerel, the Ind perfectly S^ al the e furrow 7 If this be carefully attended to, any inteßigent man can be taught in half a day on clear land to do fair work in plowing by instructing him in holding the plow, gauging and turning the furrow, and in bringing the team and plow about at the ends. It is even more difficult to finish a land neatly and well than to lay it out. In laying out the principal thing is to see that the team draws even and walks directly forward. Not only mast this he observed, but, having a strip equal to two furrow slices; the plow should be gauged to take a farrow only two-thirds the usual depth. Hairing turned one of the furrows thus, readjust the plow to the ordinary gauge and turn the last furrow, making no balks. If it be necessary to clean the furrow for drainage the plow may be passed again back and forth, leaving the center full of mellow epirth, through which the water will percolate readily. Excellence, in plowing consists in laying out the lands, and thereafter keeping the furrows perfectly straight; in having them of uniform thickness, and in laying them in such manner that they may best continue permeable to the air; in perfectly covering weeds and trash, so that they may not interfere with the subsequent working of' the crops; in so varying the implements that they may do as perfect work as possible, whether in mellow soil, in stiff clays, among rubbish or weeds, in stiff sod “or ordinary sward.. All these must be reached by study—not only of the prbper shape 6f the plow used, bixt also of the nature of the soil to be worked. f : All this the farmer should understand. To the mere plowman it is not essential. It is, however, essential that he 4>e able to take a team alone, stake and strike out the lands; adjust and readjust the plow to suit the various contingencies that may arise, and to perform has work in a uniform and workmanlike, manner. This constitutes good plowing, , and the performer is a good plowman. The perfect plowman is he who can not only do all this, but knows why it should be so done. ThiS’constitutes intelligent labor. What portion of our plowmen may prop'erly claim this perfection? Comparatively few. • Why not? The simple act of plowing, the knowing when and how to do it properly, is one of the most important labors of the farm. It is what often makes or causes serious loss thereon. — Western Mural. —A strong-minded woman in„ Detroit made the following gentle reply to a politician who had called at her house to get. her husband to go to the polls and vpte: “No, sir; he can’t go u He’s washing now and he’s going to iron tomorrow; and if he wasn’t doing anything he couldn’t go. I run this ’ere house, I do; and if any one votes it’ll be this same woman.”

Fever and Ague, Chill Fever, Etc.

A few months after having commenced the manufacture of Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery the proprietor began to receive numerous letters from all parts of the Western and Southern States bestowing the most unbounded praise upon it for having promptly cured the writers or their friends of Fever and Ague, or other forms of miasmatic or malarious diseases. He was repeatedly urged to make known the wonderful virtues of the Discovery in the cure of Ague and kindred diseases. He always replied that it was not intended for a “ cure all,” and should he recommend it to people as a remedy for so manydifferent forms and classes of disease he feared those who had never tested its virtues would at once class it among the numerous humbugs of the day. This answer was satisfactory to no one; they argued that the whole country ought tp know it at once, and expressed their astonishment at his indifference to the subject. His ear and heart being at all times open to the call of suffering humanity, he has at last after having received testimony from hundreds who have been speedily cured by it, and many of them after quinia and all the usual means had failed, consented to make the matter known. Newman, Jeff. Co., Kan., Jan. 6,1873. Da. Pierce: Bear Sir —Having used a few bottles of your Golden Medical Discovery, and believing it to be the very best medicine for Chills and Fever, I wish to buy It by the dozen. Please give me your price for it. Rev. THOS. O’RIELLY. Wilhoft’s Tonic!—Unfailing and Infallible!—This great Chill Tonic cures Chills without the intervention of doctors and their hills. No consulting visits—no prescriptions to be filled—no huge bills, entailing pecuniary embarrassments, added to loss of health. It is the friend of the poor man, because it enables him to earn a living, and of the rich, because it prepares him to enjoy his wealth. This great boon to mankind is cheap, safe and prompt. Wheelock, Finlay & Co., Proprietors, New Orleans. Fob sale by all Druggists. We hear very favorable encomiums regarding the Elmwood and Warwick Collars manfactored by the Narragansett Collar Company. These collars have linen facia#, and owing to the peculiarity of cut are most comfortable and neat-fitting articles. The edges of the collars are folded in underneath all around, thus strengthening the collar and preventing the points from turning up. We recommend these collars to our friends.— Fashion Article , A. Y. Evening Mattslo to SI,OOO invested in Wall street often leads to a fortune. Pamphlet with explanations and statistics of Railroads, Stocks, Bonds, &c., with other valuable information, mailed on receipt of 30 cents. Address Alex. Frothingham & Co., Bankers and Brokers, 12 Wall street, New York. The Northwestern Horse-Nail Co ’b “ Finished ” Nail is the best in the world.

Ladles Desire What Men Admire.— And tills little thing is beauty. What do we say is beautiful? A transparent complexion and a luxurious head of hair. What will produce these ? Hagan's Magnolia Balm will make any lady of thirty appeft? but twenty; and Lyon's Kathalron will keep every hair In its place, and make it grow like tlie April grass. It prevents the hair from turning gray, eradicates Dandruff, and is tlie finest Hair Dressing in the world, and at only half ordinary cost. If you want to get rid of Sallowness, Pimples. Ring-marks, Moth-patches, etc., don t forget the Magnolia Balm, ladies. Reward.—l will give SIOO for any case of flesh, bone or muscle ailment like Rheumatism, Bruise. Spavin. Strain or Lameness, upon either man or animal, which the Mexican Mustang Liniment will not cure when used according to directions. Near 30years has proved It to be the most wonderful remedy tor Neuralgia, Burns, Swellings, Enlarged Joints, Hoof All. Screw Worm. Sting, Caked Breasts, etc., ever discovered. Who will let a horse Jimp when Mustang Liniment will cure it? Who will lets child cry and suffer from bruises or chilblains wfien' N the Mustang wili prevent it l Who will pay large doctors’ bills when they can buy Mexican Liniment for 50 cts. and $1.00? It is wrapped In a steel-plate label, signed “G. W. Westbrook, Chemist.' Wm. E. Everson, Agent. Founded on • Rock J—The disappointed adventurers who have front time to time attempted to run their worthless pot tone against Plantation Bitters vow that they cannot understand what foundation there Is for Us amazing popularity. The explanation is simple enough. The reputation of the worldrenowned tonic is founded npon a Rock, the Rook of Extxbixxce.

The Great Medical Reformation.— The Satanic Theory that preparations which inflame the brain are, m any sense of the word, remedies been overthrown, and can never be re-established. The Wonderful effects which have attended the use of Dr. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters as an antidote to the causes of disease and a cure Tor every controllable ailment have demonstrated the utter fallacy of the doctrine that alcohol is a well as a stimulant. The new and incomparable Vegetable Remedy which* has superseded th&death-draught of rum bitters is as free from every intoxicating element as the dew of Heaven, yet see how it is invigorating the nervous, relieving the bilious, curing the dyspeptic, purifying the blood of the scrofulous, strengthening the debilitated, arresting premature decay, and replacingjlespondency and weakness with cheerfulness and activity. Truly a grand Medical Revolution Is in progress. 46

John H. Jeemster, GmncasHe, lud., says : ** A * part of bottle of Kress Fever Tonic cured me of an obstinate Ague; my little girl and her friend, took the remainder for a case! of four weeks standing: there is nothing left of the disease with either of us, nor have any bad effects followed the use of the Tome. I re- gard it as the best Ague remedy! know of and have since sold it to my custo- - mers with great success. If always attends strifctly to business, and is harmless so far as I have observed.” I The remedy is warranted to contain neither Arsenic or other poisem. Address Kress Manufacturing Company, Cincinnati, O.

Agents Wanted, for the Wife and Adrentnres of ZSIt Carson, From facts dictated bv himself. The only Trno end Authentic iife of America's greatest HUNTER, SCOUT-anU GUlDEeVe#3>«J*llstie(l. Full descriptions of the Indian tribes of tho FAR WEST, Including the MODOC WAIL thrilling adventures and hairbreadth escapes. Agents arc taking from 10 to 20orders every day. aO.OOO already sold. ' lllnstrateffetreulars free. Address M. A.-F7VRKER..* C 0.,, 163 and 165 Clark street, Chicago, IIL WELL AUGER. We challenge the world on Well and Prospecting Angers, for speed and practicability in sinking wells through clay, quicksand, rlierdpan, soapstone, sandstone, slate or - hours. Can bore 500 feet deep if necessary. jMO to WO per day made boring wells with this machine. For nilt particASTHMA, Popham’s Asthma Specific. iftiimh For Agtlmia, Hay Fever and Rose M m Cold * Guaranteed to relieve any |l l| n CH* e in TEN minutes. Used and recommended by thoireanda. InfijlMjfliP <aS> “The Specific gave Inutant relief.” WBWWBhru JIM f L * Tomlinson, Westfield, lud. For sale by Druggists. $1 per WsmißS* TRIAL'‘ I*’AC Kt(|BE FREE. Address, fnclosiuj stamp, OPTIC’S NEwIoOES, THE COMING WAVE? or Tbe Hidden Treasnnef Hleh Rock. 16 mo., Ulus. 81-50. SUNNY SHORES; or Young America, in Italy and Austria. It’,mo., Ulus. 51.50. Either volume sent postpaid on receipt of the price. LEE Sb SHEPARD, Publishers, Boston. Uflf For tie Middle |HWA HU ■ Ream Western IU H R. 1,500,000 Acres R. R. Landa, better and cheaper tliau can bo had elsewhere. The best Coru.'WUeatand Cattle-raising belt in all the West. Price $5 and *6 per acre. Climate and soil unsurpassed. Pure wafer, no ague, no grasshoppers, no Indians. SEND FOR A HAND-BOOK. It costs nothing, aud gives maps, full descriptions, prices, terms, andnow to reach the lauds free. Address lOWA IL R. LAND CO., Chicago, Illinois, or Cedar Rapids, lowa. JOHN B. CALHOUN, Land Commissioner. The Life Mll.|.l|Jalln]|if| |Vy 3 and PnliliflßZlJ.lßlJfgjUfl f|i.l Services ofMIUU&m «■ a OMBOrHi By C. Edwards Lester. This work has been some years in preparation, most of the matter having been furnished by Mr. Sumner himself. Contains 600 pages, an elegant steel portrait and numerous llustrations. Is now ready for immediate delivery. AGENTS WANTED in every town. Sold only by subscription. OSGOOD * CO., # Sonth ClarkSt„ Chicago. 111.

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M|| jMis. t*mm ® & n'i ■ mm |B fP \ fey SORttSw jjKQAA ATI 111 git j| "A Dr. J. CaliTornia Vfnet?ar Bitters are a purely Vegetable preparation, made chiefly from, the native herbs found dh the lower ranges of Me Sierra Nevadamonntains of Califor"ia, the medicinal properties of which extracted therefrom without? the use a Alcohol. The question is almost Sally asked, “What is the cam* of the unparalleled success of Vinegar Bitters t M Our answer iap; t»at they remove the cause of disease, wri the patientrecovers his health- They ai».the mreat blood purifierandalife-giv&ginncTple, a perfect Renovator and Invi^irator compounded possessing the remarkable qualities of Yinbgar Bittbes in heaUng tha sick of every diseam mania heir to. They are a gentle walf as % relieving of 1 InflamniitKin of the liver aha Visceral orgahs, ia Bilious Diseases. " The properties of DR. Walker’s Vikegaeßittsss are Aperient, Bisphorebe, Carminative; Nutritious, Laxative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-lMtaat, Sudonfic,AlteraDruggists and G«n Agts Snn Franoisoo, CaHforoia, LADIES, SAVB-WSa-BSESSES! -Smith’. Ittstuiit . Tta ... *t" v . Ui' 5' " ‘ " “ Elevator ” fixe i a- “They fl^ v ® perfect satisfaction ” is the verdict of all who try them. They .are many times their coat in one dress. This ” fclevalor ” is the only one that will let tho dreas down after being elevated. ' ?•' CAUTION. SSTSUfthat each is stamped “ Smith’s Instant Dress Elevator.” Price Jfs cents each, MAILED FREEWholesale, S3O per gross. "GREAT OFFER. —Two “Elevators” will be fljven |BEKm * Premium to those who subscribe for SMITH S ILLUSTRATED PATTERN BAZAAR” one year, iendteg One Dollar and Ten Cents. Best and cheapest Fashion Book in the world. Send stamp for Illustrated Catalogue. Address P. 0. Box 5055. JLBURDETTE SMITH, 914 Broadway, BYT.

liTn Wi rWftt Tlie Crucial Test of the value of a medicinels time. Does experience confirm the claims put forth In Its favor at the outset ? Is the grand question. Apply this criterion, so simple, yet so searching, to Tabbant’s Effervescent Seltzer Aperient. How has It worn ? What has been Its history ? How does it stand to-day? TARRANT’S SELTZER APERIENT Is a household name throughout the United States. It is administered as a specific, and with success, in dyspepsia, sick headache, nervous debility, liver complaint, bilious remittents, bowel complaints (especially constipation), rheumatism,gout,gravel, nausea, the complaints peculiar to the maternal sex, and all types of inflammation. So mild is it in Its operation that it can be given with perfect safety to the feeblest child; andso agreeable is it tp the taste, so refreshing to the palkte, that children never refuse to take it. For sale by all druggists.

ECONOMY.

Every intelligent person is aware that ajarge amount of money Is wasted and thrown away every Year in Clothing. Silk. Laces. Kid Gloves, etc., which become soiled with Grease, Paint, Jar.etCj, m<l are laid aside not half worn. There is no longer any excuse for this fearful waste, as SAPOLIBWE Tar instantly, and without the least Injury to the finest fabric. - • Makes Old Clothes Look Like New! SOLD BY AGENTS AND DRUGGISTS, Apis Mel JSsKs-a Jackson street, Chicago, 111. DIEBOLD, SNORRIS & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF Fire and Bnrilar Proof -AMD--Fatal Cuatiutin Biai Lock OFFICE AND FACTORY, CANTON,_2_ - OHIO. D. S. Covert, Gen’l N. W. Agent, 57 State Street, 11 CHICAGO, ILL. half a dollar ■ W>ILL PAY FOB THE WiiwEEKLY SUN For the Next Half Year. The Weenlt Sun is a large 8-page,. 56-column, Independent Newspaper, which no intelligent family should be without. Try It. Address, THE SUM, Mew York City, BEATER HAY PRESSED In the market. Every press warranted. 700 In use. Price-list sent free. Address the OOINCY HAY PItESS MAN UFACTPRING fcO„ gwncy. Illinois. THREAD for your MMi " Livingstone Is Dead ! For 30 years millions have intently watched his PERILOUS yet HEROIC STBCGOLKS and GRAND TBIUMPns; and now they eagerly desire the Complete Litre-History of Mils world-renowned nxxo and benefactor, which unfolds also the curiosities and wealth of a wild and wonderful country. We publish JUST TH AT HISTORY from his BIRTH to his burial. Mow ready. 2.oUo agent* wanted quickly. One agent sold 184 first six days; annlher, IDS first week. For particulars address H. A. W. Blackburn, 1.6 Griswold strecl. Detroit. Mich. . To Millers and Engine Owners. tfao/r PER DAY Commission or <#3o aVeek SalAN. E- , .7. -K I. L. TwmiWffiaaaLrersssr For sale bv A N F rr,t/ww», 77 Jack- r, "t.Chiesgo