Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 14, Number 47, Plymouth, Marshall County, 29 July 1869 — Page 4

Watching: the President, The prop leoy of a larjje number of intelligent politicians, that it would not be lontT before President Grant would be ' Johnsonized " by the Radical majority in CuMTCi seems to have become a verity. It is not charged that General Grant has in any manner opposed the Radical reconstruction policy, but the ultraist already complain that he does not enforce the last Congressional onlcrs in regard to the reconstruction of Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, in iln-ir own malicious spirit. They exported that the President would understand the last reconstruction laws either as meaning no reconstruction at all, or as exclusively Vading to an ultra Radical representation of these States in Congress. It MM be plain to everybody now, as it was plain to us long ago, that the last reconstruction laws would have been regarded as a finality, if by the aid of the Executive and by the interference of the military commanders, Virginia, besides adopting the general constitution, had also adopted the disfranchisement and test oath paragraphs, and if the people of that State had elected I Legislature which would send two unmitigated enemies of the South, and of Virginia itself, to the Unit ed States Senate. That this was not done to its full extent (partially it is done by Gen. Canby, who requires an iron-clad oath to betaken by the members elect to the Legislature, before they are qualified), seems to have impaired the confidence of the Republican party in the last reconstruction acts, and at the same time to hake the confidence of the ultra Radical members of Congress in the ability and intention of the President to interpret these laws . so as to make them mean the opposite of their letter, whenever the interests of the Radical party require it. Such a President these ultraists are determined to watch coselv. In order that they may succeed, we advise them to follow Marat's plan, and have the President attached to a heavy ball during the whole term of his administration, so that his slightest movements can be observed by the Radical watchmen, and thac he Bay not hold converse with any one, nor interfere with anything, except by the express permissjon of the Congressional majority. What a hubbub the Radicals made during the impeachment trial that President Johnson had assumed monarchical prerogatives! And yet it is the Radical party which intends treating the American President like a king of a so-called constitutional monarchy. If the President desires to be President and to exercise prerogatives which the Constitution has conferred upon him, they will abrogate some of those prerogatives; force a Cabinet upon him which would represent only the ideas of the majority in Congress; and, instead of being his advisers, become his watch-dogs and whippers-in. They succeeded in fastening Secretary Stauton upon Mr. Johnson's Cabinet; they dared to curtail him of nearly all his prerogatives. To a certain extent they even succeeded in making General Grant an accomplice in their nefarious schemes. It is vtry doubtful whether the people will permit Congress to play the same game with President Grant, which was played with President Johnson, even if Grant should not resist future attempts to humiliate the National Executive. The people have a right to sustain their President and to protect him in his constitu tional authority precisely as they have a right to restrain Congress within the limitation prescribed by the Constitution. If, therefore, watching the President moans anything else than the right of everybody to see that the President faithfully executes the provisions of the Constitution and the laws of the country, our ultra Radical watchmen may be assured that they will be themselves watched, and that by millions of eyes. Missouri Republican, July

The National Debt. Since the Ohio Democratic State Convention made such a severe arraignment of the ruling party for its extravagance and corruption, there has been a revival of Atkinson's nonsense as to the amount paid on the national debt since the close of the war. Now we are told that " $800,000,000 of indebtedness have been paid off within five years, and about $40,000,000 of debt wiped out within the past year, nearly all of it during Grant's first quarter." There are two reasons why this compound of falsehood and fustian will not help to make political e p til for those who employ it. The reports of the Treasury Department show it to be just what we have called it. There is not a Republican newspaper in the country that has not, within the last two weeks, boasted of Secretary Bout well's reduction of the debt, and compared his administration with that of McCulloch, to the damage of the latter. If, under McCulloch, the debt was reduced $800,900,000, the gasconading about Boutweli's retrenchment and financial skill must cease. If the Republican newspapers expect to cany the fall campaigns by misrepresentation, they should remember that, to be effective, there must be an appearance of consistency about it. Chicago Time. Resurrection of an Old Cry. The resolutions of the Ohio Democracy, passed at their late State Convent ion, are, substantially, the same as those passed by the Democratic State Conventions of Pennsylvania and California. The Democracy of the country are a unit on national issues. To say that the Ohio resolutions are "a repudiation of the war and its results, financial and politic? 1," is to say that a Democratic victory anywhere in the country is such a repudiation. If the men who tal'h such nonvnse will say exactly what they mean by it, they will give the people an opportunity to understand its true charaetrr. This they will not da Th y prefer to employ this general and well-worn expression, hoping that it will convev the idea that the Demo cratic party tegrets the suppression of the rf bellion, and maintains the right of a State, or any number of States, to withdraw from the Union. Secession was the issue in the war. It was a doctrine which had been taught by as many and proini nent Republicans as Confederate leaders. The Cnion sentiment in the United States at the beginning of the war was the result of Democratic teachings. The Democratic was the Union party. It was the nressure of Democratic sentiment which drove Mr. Lincoln into measures for the maintenance of the Union by force. He agreed to withdraw the garrison from Fort Sumter. He t ld Mr. Mallory that if the majority of '.he Northern people were in faver of a dissolution of the Union, the war od the part of the government was "not only an error, but a crime," and in this he was sustained by the repeated and explicit declarations of the most prominent Republican newspa p rs, beginning with the New York Tribune, and of the most prominent Republican Congressmen, beginning with ex-Vice President Wade, concerning the right of the South to secede. As regards secession, then, the statement that the Democratic party " repudi ates the war and its results,' is simply a bald falsehood, and the men making it know it to be SO. Certain results have followed the war, of which the Democratic party washed it hands. Amony these are the prevalent official dehaucf ment, and usurpation of power by Congress, disregard oft he rights of the Htates, legislation in favor of monopolies, the tariff swindle, the reconstruc tion infamy, the election of an incompetent to the Presidency, the payment to

holders of five twenty bonds of twice the amount due them, the taxation of the poor man and the laboring man of the country, and the exemption from taxation of bondholders and manufacturers. The Democratic party also washes its hands of the result of wholesale negro enfranchisement. It has been forced on the Southern States in such a manner as to give the negroes control of the State governments, while in Northern States, where the Republican party had the majority, the doctrine of negro suffrage has been repudiated. This policy' was endorsed by the Republican National Convention which nominated Grant for the Presidency. The Democracy will favor impartial suffrage, but there is a wide difference between that and the enfranchisement of half-barbarous negroes, provided proper requirements for qualification be made. The people are rapidly learning what "repudiation of the results of the war" means, although they obtain no information on this point from the Republican newspapers. The Ohio Democracy, through their State Convention, have made war against the list of results above enumerated, and there are cheering indications that their ranks will be largely increased by recruits from the Republican party. If the journalists and politicians of that party hope to stay desertions Inrepeating the nonsense above quoted, they indulge a foolish dream. It is a party cry which has done good service, but its power to attract and retain voters is gone. Chicago Times. a s MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. 44 We frequently hear of generals capturing pieces of artillery. What's the use of capturing 'pieces,' " says Mrs. Partington. " Why not capture whole ones ?" Recently a lady residing in Boston had oocasion to correct her little girl, and was somewhat astonished and amused a few hours afterward, when putting her daughter to bed. After her usual prayer she added : " God bless good papa, and God bless mamma, and make her a good mamma. In regard to the cancellation of revenue stamps it would be well for all to remember that the law clearly requires of all parties using stamps that the entire surface of each and every stamp shall be exposed to view, and that each shall be cancelled by writing or imprinting the name of the user or the initials and the complete date. A man who had been placed on the commission of the peace in a rural district, declared on taking his seat as a magistrate, that it would be " his most anxious endeavor to do justice without fear, favor, or

affection. In short, added he, " I will take care that on this bench I will never be either partial or impartial." A yocno man of New Orleans agreed to become a prize in a lottery at a ladies' fair, upon the understanding that it should be arranged for a very nice young woman to "draw" him. There was some mistake, by which an elderly spinster claims the prize, and talks of a breach of promise. Tub Progrkss Up. The oak tree boughs once touched the grass, But every year they grew A little farther from the ground And nearer towards the blue. Bo live that you each year may be, While time glides swiftly by, A little farther from the earth, And nearer to the sky. A member of the late Connecticut Legislature was sold, the other day, by a feliow who told him it was a " good day for the race," "What race?" said the shad eater. "Human race," said the joker. The shad eater was tickeled with the sell, and tried it himself on a feliow member thus : " It's a good day for the trot." "What trot?" asked the other. " The human race," shouted smarty, and flattered himself he had said a good thing. At a meeting of the Polytechnic Association of the American Institute, a few days ago, the chairman exhibited a letter which was certainly a curiosity. The letter and envelope were made of sheetiron, and yet weighed less than the regular letter rate, one-half ounce. The envelope measures four and seven-eighths by two and three fourths inches, and the letter is eight by nve inches. Careful measurement with a micrometer gave one five hundreth of an inch as the thickness of the sheet. Letters have been written on sheet-iron before, and an iron book of three hundred pages which measured less than one inch in thickness was shown at the World's Fair. The book was printed with elastic type, made especially for the purpose. Manufacturer and Builder. Experiments in France and Holland have shown that sunflowers, when planted on an extensive scale, will neutralize the deleterious effects of exhalations from marshes. This plan has been tried with Sreat success in the fennv districts near lochefort, France, and the authorities of Holland assert that intermittent fever has entirely disappeared from districts where thenflowers have been planted. Though thfJBove facts appear to be proved, it is not yet ascertained what effect the sunflower produces on the atmosphere, whether it generates oxygen, like other plants of rapid growth, or whether, like the cone-bearers, it omits ozone, and destroys the animal and vegetable germs of miasms producing fever. At the performance of " Dora " the other night in a Western city, when Mary Morrison made her exit to bring on her little Willie of four years, she was shocked to find a lubberly boy of at least 14, and as he was the only Willie at hand, on he must go, though he was well nigh as big as his mother. The Farmer Allen of the play, being equal to the emergency, instead of inquiring "How old are you, my little man?" endeavered to remedy the matter by saying, " How old are you, my strapping boy ?" But he failed j for the boy, who was instructed to say from " four to six," said it in such a coarse, sepulchral tone as to drive the good-natured grandfather to exclaim, " Forty six ! You look it, my boy, you look it P In Hanover, Mass., the Rev Mr. Freeman was settled a pastor of the First Congregational Church and Society some fifteen years ago. Mr. F. made himself obnoxious to some of the young men by strenuously opposing the use of the Town Hall for balls and kindred gatherings. Thereupon the young men sought revenge in a novel manner. Not having sufficient grace to join the church, they applied for admission to the parish, where grace is not considered a requisite for membership They were received, and all went smooth ly until the annual parish meeting, when the new members voted not to raise anything the coming year for the payment of the pastor's salary, thusjvirt ual ly and summarily dismissing the gentleman from the duties of his office. A Strong Case. A fat old gentleman, who had been bit in the calf of his leg by a dog, came to Jonah in a towering passion, declaring it was Jonah's dog who had bitten him. Expecting an action for damages, the wag drew np the following articles as the ground for his defense : 1. By testimony in favor of the general good conduct of my dog, I can prove that nothing could make htm so forgetful of hii dignity as to bite a calf." 2. He is blind, and cannot see to bite. 8. Even if he could see to bite, it would be utterly impossible for him to go cut of the way to do so, on accou&i of his severe lameness. 4 Gnnting his eyes and legs to be good, he has no teeth. 5. My dog died six weeks since. 0. 1 never had a dog.

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USEFUL RECIPES, ETC Raspbebry Shortcake. Made the same way as the strawberry cake, only cookiDg the berries a little while, with the sugar, before spreading them on the cake. This is nice and more healthful than pie Raspberry Vinegar. One pint of vinegar to two quarts of berries, washed. Let stand two or three days, then strain, and add a pint of white sugar to each Kint of juice. Boil ten minutes after it eg ins to boi'. Bottle when cold. If wood screws are warmed and dipped in melted tallow, it will prevent their rusting, and they can always be unscrewed with euae. A large quantity of screws can be greased in a few minutes, and the operation is one which will ultimately result in a great saving of time and labor. Strawberry or Raspberry Ice. Mash apint of fruit with two large spoonfuls of tine sugar ; add a quart of cream, strain through a sieve, and freeze. If you have no cream, boil a spoonful of arrow-root or corn starch in a quart of milk and stir in a beaten egg, then add the fruit, strain and freeze. Eoos for Burns. The white of an egg has proved of late the most efficacious remedy for burns. Seven or eight successive applications of this substance soothe pain and effectually exclude the burned parts from the air. This simple remedy seems far preferable to collodion or even cotton. Qermantown TelegrapK Camphor and ! Mosquitoes. Camphor is the most powerful agent to drive away mosquitoes. A camphor bag hung up in an open casement will prove an effectual barrier tc their entrance. Camphorated spirits applied as a perfume to the face and hands will act as an effect'ial preventive ; but when bitten by them, aromatic vim-gar is the best antidote. Rick Flour Cement. This cement, much used in China and Japan, is made by mixing fine, rice flour with cold water, and simmering over a slow fire until a thick paste is formed. This is said to be s ; oerior to any other paste either for parlor or workshop purposes. When made of the consistence of plaster clay, models, busts, bas reliefs, etc., may be formed of it, and the articles, when dry, are susceptible of high polish, and very durable. Currant Jei.t.y. Pick over the fruit, but leave it on the stems. Put it into the preserving kettie, mash it, and when hot strain through a oarse linen cloth till the juice is all out. Use a pound of sugar to a pint of juice, Sift the sugar and heat it as hot as possible without burning or melting. Boil the juice five minutes, and whiie boiling, add the hot sugar, stir it well, boil five minutes longer, then take it off. Be careful to observe the time, and you will have nice jelly, of a rich beautiful color. Exchange. Mrs. William B. Hazleton, of Mahopac Falls, in the Michigan Farmr, says : I take. the sweet or ever-green corn before it gets old, cut it from the cob, fill my cans full, pressed down, I then take a boiler, lay some sticks in the bottom for my cans to lay on, I then lay the covers of the cans on loose, fill the boiler with water so that it will cover half way up the sides of the cans, put the cover on the boiler, boil for three hours briskly, take out and press the covers on tight. Will keep weil and have all the flavor of green corn. Dr. Carriere, of St. Jean du Gari, in reply to the offer of the Marquis d'Orches, ol a premium of twenty thousand francs, for a practical method of determining death, furnished the following, which he says he has practiced for forty years : Place the hand with the fingers closely pressed one against the other, close to a lighted lamp or candle ; if alive, the tissues will be observed to be of a transparent, or a rosy hue, and the capillary circulation of life in full play ; if, on the contrary, the hand of a dead person be placed in the same relation to light, none of the phenomena are observed we see but a hand as of marble, without circulation, without life. Jour, de Med. et de Chirurg. The Grindstone. The periphery of every grindstone on which edge-tools are ground should run as true as the dressed surface of a millstone, as it is impracticable to grind a tool correctly on a stone that revolves with an uneven motion. If the periphery of a stone varies half an inch in each revolution, the most expeditious way to put it in order is to loosen the wedges with which it is keyed to the journal, and rehang it. Then secure the bearings of the journal, so that they cannot be easily lifted out of the boxes, and turn the periphery off true and smooth. Let a firm rest be fixed close to the periphery before attempting to turn off the prominent portions. Tne rest must be solid with I he surface close to the stone, so that when the turning instrument comes in contact with the stone, it will remove a thin chip without springing away from the stone. Stone-turners always employ for a turning-tool the end of a bar of very oft iron, drawn out to a point, and turned up at the end for gouging. A piece of soft iron is far more effective than steel. Hearth and Home. The Potato Bng and its Poison. At a recent meeting of the Cook County (111.) Homeopathic society, Dr. E. M. Hale read an interesting essay on the potato bug, giving a description of the insect, its habits, poison, and the antidotes. The doctor states that there are ten diilerent species of potato bugs, of which the " Colorado " bug is most numerous and to be dreaded. In regard to the poison of this bug, and its effects, I r. Hale says . Persons have been poisoned by this bug in various ways, namely : 1. By inhaling the fumes from the insects when placed in hot water : 2. By inhaling the fumes from them when the bugs have been placed in pans and subjected to the action of dry heat. 3. Prom bruising them between the lingers or in the palms of the hands. The Colorado bug is peculiarly tenacious of life. They will live after being subjected to an amount of heat that would kill most insects. It is this tenacity of life that makes the bug a greater annoyance to the agriculturist, and has obliged him to resort to various severe expedients to destroy thera i iter he has collected them from the plants. From time to time the newspapers have contained cases of poisoning by this insect, but many of the instances were doubtless exaggerations. One peculiarity, however, was noticed, that in all the cases the ill results occurred from killing the bugs by one of the methods just mentioned. Another peculiarity is, that the various reports do not mention any such results as local vesication from an application of this species. In the Canthoris and Lyon, and other blistering insects, the poison, doubtless, resides in the external portion of the insect, as their mere application without bruising will cause vesication. But the poison of the Doryphora appears to reside in the fluids of its body, which fluid, when volatilized by heat of as great or greater degree, is absorbed by the Bystem, and results in a general blood Kisoning. No experiments have yet en made to ascertain whether general poisoning would result from iisertiDg the liquid portions of the insect into the blood. Perhaps the cases of poisoning from bruising the bug in the hands may have resulted from inoculation, for the hands of

hard-working laborers are very apt, to be covered with fissures or abrasions. It has been already intimated that it is more than probable that this virulent poison acts upon tne blood. In Ihis respect it is probably analogous to the serpent poisons, as well as the results of poisoning by spiders, scorpions and the bet. Under its influence the blood becomes disorganized, a septic condition obtains, and inflammation of a low grade, simulating erysipelas, results. Dr. Hale also Jave several cases of poisoning by this insect, of which one is as follows : " A man picked the bugs from the vines and killed them by crushing them bet ween the fingers. He did not wash his hands afterward. He was attacked in a few hours with a violent fever, bloated face, delirium, eyes protruding, pulse 123. These symptoms lasted from 9 a. m. to 11 p. m , when the whob body began to swell ; the hands and feet became cold ; the pulse became weak ; an irresistible stupor came od, with 1 ud rumbling in the abdomen. At 2 a. m. he awoke and vomited a brown dirty mftttf for a quarter of an hour, after wuicn he fell back and expired. A post mortem examination revealed a dark congested spleen, the brain congested, and an uncoagulated state of the blood." The mode of treatment which the doctor suggests, is the following : "If the patient is seen as soon as it is known that the poison has been absorbed by any crack or abrasion the part should be thoroughly washed with strong soap and water (using the common washing soap, ) and afterward a solution of bromine should be applied to the poisoned portion. If the violent symptoms of cerebral excitement set in, the bromide of potassium should be given in the usual medicinal doses for a time, when if the condition do not improve, give lachesis, belladonna, apis, aconite, or stramonium, as the case seems to demand. Several physicians have found baptsiea and lachesis, in alternation, to act beneficially in severe cases. "As a local application to the enormous local swelling which occurs, there is probably nothing better than the extract of hamamelis ; a weak solution of the spirits

of ammonia, or a lotion of aconite, arnica, or veratrum vinde. "If sudden and alarming prostration sets in, resort should be had to ammonia, alcohol in some form, or a preparation of arsenic, given internally. " If the acute symptoms subside, and a typhoid or septic condition obtains, the indication.: are to treat it in the same manner as we would a case of typhoid from any other cause. " In those cases where the fumes have been inhaled, it is probable that the vapor of bromine, of proper strength, inhaled soon after, would act as an efficient antidote." The Preservative Power of Ferns. For many years, in England, ferns have been employed as a means of preserving fruit which is to be transported to any distance. Their use tends to prevent mould and decay. They are also much used in packing fish to send from the coas'. to London ; also to line the hampers which contain fresh vegetables for the city markets. In this country there is, comparatively speaking, but little use made of them. Our fields and hillsides arc covered with their bright-green plumes ; and in the economy of nature, there surely must be found some gap for them to fill. We be j lieve that there is no plant growing on j the earth which has not its utility. There can be little doubt but what ferns contain some peculiar preservative power. Both the bracken and the male fern abound in alkaline matter which was formerly used by soap and glass manufacturers in England ; and their astringent properties are well known to the dressers of leather. The aroma of this genus of plants is repugnant to most insects, and inimical to the growth of that species of fungi known a9 mould ; hence, the leaves could not but be of use in packing those fruits liable to its attack. They might be made available by our peach growers in sending their fruit to market, If the baskets were lined with ' the leaves, and they were laid between j the fruit, we think it would arrive at its destination in good order, and there would be no complain ts übout its decy. The peculiar odor thrown off by ferns is familiar to all who have gathered and pressed their fronds. It is slightly aromatic, and very agreeable. Is it due to an essential oil contained therein ? All of us who dabble in paste know well that a few drops of essential oil of any kind will prevent, to a great extent, the growth of fungi upon its surface. Would not fern leaves boiled with it prove equally preservative ? The root of the male fern ( Lastrei fil ix jnas), when administered in the form of a powder, is a prompt anthelmintic, and, it is said, will destroy even the tape-worm. In some parts ot Germany and Den mark, beech-leaves are used to stuff mattresses, because fleas and bugs cannot exist among them. Would not the dried leaves of the bracken and fern which abound in all our farming districts be found a great improvement upon the ryestraw s5 extensively in use for bedding ? They would certaiuly be preferable to the split corn husks and the " Excelsior " stuffing so extensively employed by the upholsterers. If they would prove deadly to bugs and moths, they would certainly create a new era in bedding and furniture, and might prove valuable to the furrier. The young fronds of the male fern, when cooked and served on toast, like asparagus, are said to greatly resemble that vegetable. Dried ferns would also be a valuable protection against cold, and would preserve delicate shrubs and roses, as well as the hemlock-branches, which are so extensively used for that purpose. In Somerset County, England, they are in great request for covering potato " buries," in lieu of straw, and are said to resist all mould and dampness. We hope our readers in the coming season will test their preservative power, and secure this valuable remedy against the pests of mil dew, DM th, and mould. Hearth and Home. Cultivation of Dwarf Pear Trees. Many fruit growers complain that tbeir dwrt pear trees fail after a few years, or at best produce ..nly a small quantity of inferior fruit. The probability is that if the causes of failure was investigated it would be found that in nine cases out of ten the decline of the trees is occasioned by want of proper cultivation. It should be borne in mind, that the pear and quince are quite distinct ir. their habits, and re quire diilerent soils and different treatment The wild pear tree grows in dry soil and sends its roots down to the hardest banks of clay, forming a large tree of very hard wood, liviug for centuries. The quince, Cydonia vulgari, was introduced into Kurope from the Island of Crete, whose ancient name it bears, and in its native habitat it is still found growing in rich, moist soil on the banks of rivers, and in the openings of the forest among uhe debris of decaying semitropical vege tation. In order to dwarf the pear it is grafted on the quince, but the habits of the stock are seldom taken into sccount. Whenever they are there is no complaint of the failure of the trees. The soil for dwarf pears or the quince should be very deep and exceedingly rich; a thin, dry, hard soil, is totally unlit for them The roots should be protectee from drought, by a mulch of rotten straw, decomposed

barn-yard manure, leaf-mould, or any other substance that will resist heat, and at the same time afford fertilizing ingredients to the soil. In a garden in the city of Detroit may be seen dwarf pear trees growing in deep soil, which has been formed by filling up a hollow place with rich muck, street-sweepings, and barn-yard manure, to the height of nearly three feet above the original surface; these trees have continued to grow rapidly from the time they were planted. They make a ue growth of healthy wood every year, and bear a large crop of fruit, while trees planted at the same time, in less favorable soil, have made very little growth and and have borne scarcely any fruit. In another garden in the same city may be seen a Louise Bonne de Jersey dwarf pear tree, which, although several years old, made very little growth until an asparagus bed was made adjoining to it, into which the roots extended ; it then grew vigorously, and bears fruit annually. These facts, among others, prove the necessity of deep, rich soil, and careful culture for the dwarf pear. Western Rural.

Plnck and Plod. In a recent extemporaneous address delivered by Mayor Hall before a class of business college graduates, the following passage occurs : " There is no better word in the English language than ' plod.' If you would really and truly succeed in life, young men, you must plod. 4 Oh,' says somebody, John Brown a snap of the finger for him ; he is only a plodder ! ' Only a plodder ! There never was a man, though he was the most brilliant genius in the world, who did not owe whatever of real success he may have achieved to being a plodder as well. It is all verv well to coruscate and light the path öf life, but it must be pluck and plod that carries a man successfully over." Worse things than that have been said in the pulpit; and we do not doubt that tbis little lay sermon will be productive of as much good as many a more elaborate disquisition flanked on either side with ritual pomp and ceremony. The world has recently gone into raptures over the completion of the Pacific Railroad, which is aptly termed the greatest achievement of the century. How much would genius alone have done towards planting a highway across this mighty continent? "Of what use would have been Congressional appropriations, the right of way, preliminary surveys and spread-eagleism, without the " pluck and plod " of the sturdv worki men, who,$inch by inch and foot by foot, j levelled the mountains and tilled up the j valleys for the "path of empire f " All honor to the men who conceived this great enterprise, and equal honor to the willing hands and sturdy hearts that made its achievement possible. Fortune and fame which come without the requisite toil are rarely blessings in themselves, and rarely come to stay. The law of compensation is beneficent in its action, and much more universal in its application than we are apt to believe. j Courage, sobriety, trust in God, and a J steady perseverance in right doing carry with them continual blessings, and lead to the only legitimate success. Pucka rd' j Monthly. Carious Facts in .Natural History. The rattlesnake finds a superior foe in deer and the black snake. Whenever a buck discovers a rattlesnake in a situation which invites attack, he loses no time in preparing for battle. He makes up to within ten or twelve feet of the snake then leaps forward, and aims to sever the body of the snake with his sharp, byfurcated hoofs. The first onset is most commonly successful ; but if otherwise, the buck repeats the trial until he cuts the snake in twain. The rapidity and fatality of his skillful maneuver leave but a slight chance for its victim either to escape or to inject its poison into his more alert antagonist. The black snake is also more than an equal competitor against the rattlesnake. Such is its celerity of motion, not only in running, but in entwining itself round its victim, that the rattlesnake has no way of escaping from its fatal embrace. When the black and rattlesnakes are about to meet for battle, the former darts forward at the height of his speed, and strikes at the neck of the latter with unerring certainty, leaving a foot or two of the upper part of his own body at liberty. In an instant he encircles him within five or six folds ; he then stops and looks the strangled and gasping foe in the face, to ascertain the eflect produced upon his corseted body. If he shows signs of life, the coils are multiplied and the screws tightened the operator all the while narrowly watching the countepance of the helpless vie tim. 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Here Is an equal chance for both sexes. f W Read the recommendation : 'liumi Hotil, Auarusta, Oa. " Your Instructions for Landscape Paintings, Appa ratus. Ac , are at band, and have gives perfect sali taction. Miss Axvia Da Braes." Thos. Chenoweth, traveling teacher, says it takes like wild-lire wherever introduced, he having made $1,000 at Bethany College, Ya., teaching It. f-i worth of chemicals, (which can be had at any ordinary drug store Including paints, apparatus for drawing, Ac, will paint and draw 100 oil paintings, or It will teach 500 scholars. I hall extend the time a f w day to those desiring to lern this sovel art. I receive on an average 1000 orders a week. 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