Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 August 1869 — Page 4

THE ISSUES REFORE US.

Governor Palmer, of Illinois, delivered a speech bqfbrc-tko Gount y Re publican C«hv*»lknj, hMd at Springfield on the 10th of August, from which wo take the following extracts: aWRKMMaa the Democratic party, to which others ol us adhered, passed under the control of secessionist* and traitors. There was no party in thls£buhlgy organised to meet the dangers that threatened the very life of the Republic. Then the people of the country—not the politicians, but the people of the country—rushed together to (Organize this Republican party. Not only did they organize the parly, but they created a leader for the occasion. The great men, and experienced statesnicn of the country, were Tejecfod; and they. took *n obscure man, in this obscure town, in this State—almost, the most remote from the theater of national politics—and made him the leader of this new party of the people. This party, under t hat leader, accomplished more for "the well-being of the country, and for the permanent welfare of mankind, than has been accomplished by any other party in our national history. [CheersJ. I have adverted to the danger •which threatened this countryt what way it? The IJhig party had ceased to exist; the .Democratic party had passed under the control of the men I have described. They threatened either the subversion of liberty or the overthrow of the Government—indeed both, because each depended upon the other. The Republican organization, when it sprung into life, pledged itself to the country, that it shqgld be an rad ; and has it not kept that as well ad every pledge made then In its name? At the election of 1860, after a severe and stern struggle, we elected Mr. Lincoln President, and on the 4th day of Mareh he was inaugurated in Washington. The powers of the Government, the army ami navv, were in Un-

hands of men who have since been demonstrated to be either the tooty or allies of secession and treason. tlyougli Mr. Lincoln, the Republican party im plored our Southern brethern, who were then organized, to withhold the blow, and it assured thetti that their rights under the Constitution were safe; and they were warned at the same time of the miseries that would follow a civil war. They were told_ that the American people would not surrender the Government, which had been handed down to there* Iron* their fathers, without a straggly. Mr Lincoln, the Republican President, called for 75,000 men to enforce the authority ol the laws. That call, which was intended a« a mere indication of the purpose of the GovcrnTTK%r,innPT&*4Ml ftpdlfo assembled traitors at Montgomery with shouts of derision and laughter. Mr. Lincoln called for 300,000 men, and the Republican party, speaking through the President, frankly told the American people that the preservation of the Union would cost a long, bloody and expensive war. Armies were organized and went to tligJleJd. There was no disguise, no attempt to mislead the people of the count rv put Airy* wir*e fold too that the money rpqilired so dnpport these armies would make onerous and burdwisonie taxt’g necessity. They were op lit# character wotllrf be required'to maintain the Government through this struggle. At everv step the Republican party dealt frankly, sincerely and honestly with the people of this country. There was no at tempt made to Conceal the magnitude of the contest. No-attempt wasmade to disguise the vast expenditure of blood and of the GoveniiuetA VvMfl prohal>h'.r<iquiA\ We inscribed upon our flag the simple words, “ Liberty and Union ” —one and inseparable, nowand forever—we voted, we reasniaad, taking as was prudent; we.finight and we conquered under that banner inscribed with these simple words. [Cheers.] And the rebellion was overthrown. [Cheers.] Ogr purposes were simple, distinct, well-defined, honestly avowed, and bokUfkaittiwUuawi! -TiieAvar wueover; tlm Republic rarne. saved t and* hew duties devolved upon the Republican party. We said to our Southern- brethren, “ We have waged this war sot you as as for ourselves; we sakl in the beginning of the po-jnjrpfSe6Tconquest; our purpose was to maintain a free government for you and for all;, we hadobserved du ring the course of the war that your institution of slavery stood in the pathway of the - Republic; we smote- slavery, not—to injure you, but that the Republic might livW’c. WwaaiAto them, then, “Re-estab-liskrtte governments that you yourselves have overthrown: let the "true" men, the

men ■who love their country, reorganize these States and come in upon the principle of equality with us, retake the rights that you have thrown away or disregarded, and come in and share the glories of a restored government with us.’’ They refused ; the men who during the war had said,,“All your efforts must fail,” whispered again to them to stand out. We passed reconstruction acts, we passed the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which declared that all men in the United States were citizens ; we passed the fifteenth article, which gave to every man the right to defend himself by his vote ; and we carried on the contest" until now, and to-day the Democrats of the Southern States, and the rebels of the Southern States have admitted the Correct ness of the Republican doctrines, and to-dav it is the Democratic boast thatjthey have triumphed by an election conducted, as they say, to give effect to Republican ideas. I ask the question again■’ Why, then, shall not the Republican ticket succeed ? What can be promised by any other political party * When the war was over, as I have„said, other duties devolved upon us. The public <Jebt was pressing upon us. We felt the taxes that we had imposed. Our Democratic friends say that the Republican party have -imposed taxes upon the country. It is true, wfc imposed .those taxes upon ourselves that we might save the country. We would have imposed taxes double in arflount; we would have given twice the number of precious lives and twice the amount of treasure, to save the Republic. We take the responsibility distinctly and boldly of all those acts. [Applause].

Well, the country was free, and the question came to be, what should e done w.th Aw ]JuMfc det*? Our Democratic friends figured with, injurious - schemas seeking some mod£ bv which “they could escape the responsibility of their position and were lillrtiguhe country with fruitfui suggestions as to the mode of discharging 4hevM4Mffflebt, without adopting the. simple, rational Republican method of rff&ikt Si Government; this debtmusi bepaici, and that is all there is of it;" and’ every expedient that fell short of that, we under-stofjLr-wa* *r<kJur»ioa- and a fraud that could-, only, postpone > the evil, and not on T " it ’ bufr aggravate it. We said, “Pay the debt;" gfitf arfiat was the result? Ido not go back to the close of the war; but since the 4th of March, nearly fifty millions of the National debt credit*#** iWWf jAiaps" '~d that mr* the capitalists of the w»r are offering you their money at reduc 1 rates of interest, and so your burden are being reduced; why? Because the Republican party shrink from B« responsibility, beta* Just to the people, frank and honest, arid have said to the world, “ This debt shall be paid." We meant to pay it; and when the capitalists of the country and of the world perceived that this party bad again

secured the confidence of the American people, at onhc yohr ifebt becume comparatively less; it became easier of management," because all those who held the debt knew that their debtors were honest, and meant to paw. We might luivc adopted seme of the numerous d<*tgos proposed U fore lhiJast oieetioo ; we might ■have lost standing and character, and as Vlebtors might have increased our own dirficnltlee by subterfuges and dishonesty. But the Republican party held in that, as inwall other things, that honesty was the l»est policy. We determined to pay our debt, and the world understands us os meaning to pay it. What then? Then, I say, ray* fellow citizens, the Republican party has kept all its pledges to the people of this country. We tola them we would put down the rebellion, and we hnve done so ; we promised to overthrow slavery when we thought it wns necessary, and we have done so; we protnished to establish equality and Justice throughout the land, and we have done so; we promised to restore these States'll) republican government, and it has been done ; we promised to pay the public debt, and it is in rapid process of extinguishment. We have the strong est claim upon the confidence of the Amer-

ican people. Those that oppose us, what is their commission ? I need not ask what they will promise, but J ask What they have not promised, and I also respectfully ask what promise have they kept * {-Cheers. | Look over the history of those that opjiosc its. Wliat have they done? Tlmy-have promised everything; they liavedone notlring* and they will promise ip future quite as much, and they will aeehnipKsli in future just as much ns before. flUmghter and cheers. J But with all these claims of the Republican party upon the onnfidenee of the country, you must remember that a party likethis, including within its bounds millions of intelligent men, cannot live upon the memories of the past, For I nay state to you that .the people of this country will sustain no party on account of its past deeds alone. The people of this country regard the Republican party wit lutßerti'tfU they regard its sqryjcel <m pitrfcfiT Qif inheritance of tne nation, and wfll always tfodshre' them ; but If the Republican party is to live, it must live because it labors for the welfare of the country. As much as we esteem our party, our party is infinitely less than the country, owf parly fs hut an agency for the public goon, (Mulvmfess that agency Is not thus employed, it will perish as all parties have in fh< past. ' * »dvr I*4 *s * it* * 1 t J

Perhaps I may just as well say here that one o£ thecr eat,crimes of .the Democracy -4-thfttr 6rimc for wffleh, next to secession olAdortrlpc ofState rights, which is hut thcooernn? or*Htatc duties, into the pur pose of secession and disruption, they have finally degraded the States'until the peoflU *pt kritß&ffcl iritirtlitaftt sion from every quarter to duties that pertain to ti*c-Ststes thermrivest Our system, so admirably arranged, so harmoniously adjusted, consists of the National and pf the State -Governments. It is essential to the welfare of tire people of the country that each part of this system moves in its true orbit; that to the jfcwtoe b« left their duties under the Constitution, and that the General Go VArniuwU. djechafga itsrinties. The I{opul>l'K»wp«rty ha vetforer ent (retained those feelings of bitterness against the National Government that characterize the Democratic party. The Republican party have never been jealous of the Federal system; they litive siipply regarded them ns co-ordinate parts of thfe same system of adnthrijllMttfoft,' And -have supposed that our government was as nearly perfect as a human government may he and tlat thf rights of the }x*>pl6 are best foe plitlifu] execution of each dejartteealf or tueisyirteni offts own propt*ir duties. But the Denioorcicy, in i*g the heresy of secession upon the old doctrine entertained bvsuch as John MarJefferson, the doctrine of the Tight ol State* to control their own internal affairs, have rendered State rights odious, and lave really robbed the States of all power and of ail respectability. It is one of the functions of the Republican party to restore those different systems to iiannouious action, and acting through the State governments, secure the rights of the jxiople that have been entrusted to the keeping of the State, and to see that from lhiv highest to th 6 lowest of the men cn* trusted with the administration of the btate government, there shall be the most rigid responsibility. * * * * Our Democratic friends, I think, will soon disband their organization. Did I say disband their organization ? It is disbanded now. They will soon cease to attempt to reorganize, because that party needs reconstruction worse than Texas, a govuiaerel [cheers] —witli this difference, that Texas may hope for resurrection, but there is no resurrection for the Democracy. They are now busy seeking for candidates tor Republicans that will consent to serve as their candidates in Uie States, and they'are now seeking for some Republican who may be their candidate for the Presidency. Democratic eyes arc turned toward eminent Republicans, some of them occupying distinguished situations, and it iswud that the best and wisest of the Democracy think their great mistake at the last 1 residential election was not to have taken that old, double-dyed Aboli-tionist,ClHef-Justice Chase, and made him Democratic candidate. [Laughter.] Although I am no prophet, let me tell you to-day that a large number of Demoer'itic iwhticians are employed in putting Chief-Justice-Chase on the track foY the Presidency. He is the bright star to which all t heir eyes are directed, and you old Abolitionists four years hence will be compelled to carry certificates in your pockets to prove that vou were Abolitionists at all. I he -Peace Democrats and the War Demo, erats wdl vie with each other-os to which will best establish their claims, not onlvto good Republican record, but they will" be

busy in taking these colored fellow-citizens of ours round the neck, and assuring them l/iv. 1 1 , ™t re *?!?£inally digger-lovers. (Cheers.) The fifteenth Amendment is adopted, so far as this State is concerned; probably it may not be adopted before °r r ,K™ S^ nt ?,, e ? tlon ' bu t before the election of 1070 it will be adopted, and the negroes will be voters throughout the Republic • and you, my fellow-citizens, win, before the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1870, observe Democrats of t#day. Democrats of good -atandifir,-confine States dcctibneering with the negroes and urging them to vote the Demticket. I would not be surprised if, we shall elect our ticket at lh>4 Scotian, the Democratic party will put the negro oh some cohsplcuouaphi-e on their ticket -t [ laught?r]-—afid they will be insisting. tbem Irol u running the negto befiwe, was that it was not accordche<^J« e Constitution ’ [Laughter and G4nU«jn&»vif tke Convention, t hhve kept you as long as I desire. [“ Go on.”l tb»t there are abuses to be corrected, there are reforms to «“ (I . abo je all that the Govern ment of the Lnited States, and of the State must be made adequate to give protection to every man within the limits of the Republic. It must also be understood that the great object of government is not to confer rights. You and I ask nothingfrom the Government by the seme of right The great object of the Government is to protect us in what we have, and wTiat we “By acquire by honest-and honorable esWe expect nothing from h beyond thta. We know that in everyVjy-qt’nmeat

like our* there arc infinite shade* of opinion upon an infinite number of questions There are men who entertain their own views in respect to monil dude*; with these Government has no concern. It is the business of the Government to protect every man in the enjoyment of lii* rights, and let me say to you that government best realizes my ideal of perfection which impartially protects all men,-and which leaves to afl men the pursuit of their own happiness in their own way, without molestation or hindrence. That is my idea of a perfect government. Let the Government repress crimes and punish wrong, and with ail our difference* of party interests let us understand that this is essentially a free country. Let us tolerate every shadow of opinion and every harmless "practice-; let us feel that the mission of the Government is *imply to protect and preserve order and quiet ( peace and prosperity, reputation and life, leaving all men to pursue their own hnppiness according to the dictates of their own consciences. The Itcfiuhlicuu party, whatever may he the preudices of Its individual * member*, Is denied the luxury of living upon prejudices that our Democratic friends enjoy. We recognize the right, of every man to the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness; the object of our efforts a* a political party is to secure these tilings to all men everywhere within the limits of the law,* in every portion of our Republic. [Okecrs.J .

The President’s Recreations.

The asinine press seem endeavoring in a spiteful, feeble way to criticise President Grant for availing himself of the summer vacation to indulge in off-hand social intercourse with the people at the wateringplaces and elsewhere. It is not questioned that the President seeks this recreation in an appropriate manner, but it seems to be assumed that he ought to swelter at the White House, or, if that unhealthy location prove too bilious, snatch a hurried rest at night at the Soldiers’ Home, haunting Washington by day. The only President who lived without recreation (other than an occasional.attendance at a Washington theatre) was Mr. Lincoln. The Copperheads not only did not thank him for his unremitting Herculean toil, but availed themselves of the solitary occasions on which he sought to unbend from the labors of the government to waylay and murder him—an achievement in which they at last succeeded. With the exception of Mr. Lincoln, every President has made tours of recreation through the country. Andrew Johnson amused himself in the only way he was able, by swinging around the circle on a drinking tour, making stupid and very maudlin speeches. Mr. Buchanan resorted every year to Bedford as his favorite place. President Pierce visited the Crystal Palace at, New York, and went into summer quarters at Cape Island. President Van Buren was fond, even to flunkeyism, of aristocratic people. President Jackson spent many weeks of his vacation at the Ripraps, Fortress Monroe. The President most ostentatiously addicted to displaying himself on public tours, with a pomp and hauteur that at the present day would be oppressive and offensive, was Washington himself. He esteemed it part of his official duty to make formal imperial progresses around the country, and part of the official duty of everybody who came in his way to receive him with punctilious deference and parade. President Grant’s military achievements throw those of the First Presidents far into the background. Ilis civil career has been marked by ’less pretension but not less ability, judgment or prudence t tlian that of Washington. It cannot be deemed improper that he should mingle with the people in a manner neither mean nor • ostentatious, neither Intrusive nor vulgar, but with the natural and unaffected pleasure of a well-poised gentlemen among his social equals. He- observes the characters and studies the . opinions of all, but reservesjudiciously tlie expression of his own. This certainly is a char actcristic of the most successful statesmen and executive rulers of all ages. At the White House be could meet only politicians. At Long Branch, New York, Boston, Newport, Saratoga, he m ets the men of business of all classes at the East. With those of the West and South he is more familiar than any President who ever preceded him. Who can doubt that he information he is thus accumulating its of infinite value to him? Fortunate would it have been if his predecessor had spent his time thus, instead of organizing policies at Washington in ignorance of popular opinion. Moreover, what public need is being neglected? Were our finances, foreign relations, Indian affairs, reconstruction, bureau or revenue management ever advancing more satisfactorily, or being reformed more rapidly ? Was there ever more vigor or less waste; more fidelity or less corruption In our administration ? When Grant’s presence was needed during the eight long years of the war, and of the perils of reconstruction, -was he ever absent from his post ? Did lie ever seek the capital for promotion, or come to it at all from the time lie entered the army as Regimental Staff Suartcrmaster until be was called there as eneral-in-Chief of all our armies? Did his stars or staff then figure at the water ing-places ? Never. The elements of his success were then military. He moved freely among all his officers and men from Sherman, McPherson and Sheridan down to Surgeons, Quartermasters and privates. He studied the problem in all its parts i n 1 made no mistakes. Ilis problem now is a financial, industrial and political one. lie is moving among men or business, of industry, and who, through these resources, have earned their summer months for leisure. He sees a very great number of them. And if he learns nothing else he at least learns them. He does well and wisely. Before w-e find fault with it, let us see what evil comes from it. —Chicago Tribune, August 13

Humors of the Eclipse.

The Cincinnati Qazette says of the eclipse incidents in that city : The occasion was productive enough of quiet jokes. At the Sixth street market house four or five newsboys raised their smoky glasses to their youthful eyes and began to utter exclamations of surprise and wonder. The eclipse was just begimiing, and the example of the amateur astronomers was soon followed by three or four hundred bystanders. Among the rest, the hucksters forsook for a time all thoughts'of sordid gain, and turned their eyes and {Mention to the heavpns. As the obscuration became’'greater and greater they gave up everything, and thought of nothing but the sublime phenomeon. But the Arabs were on other things intent, and a gret coup <f etat they had planned they soon began to execute. No sooner was the attention of the bystanders thoroughly taken up, than the boys stole round to the now vacant stands, and helped themselves to whatever kind of fruit pleased theif fancy or which they thought would tickle their palate. It was not.until, the awe-stricken fruit venders had seen the light’ of the growing sun’B disc and had turned again to think of earth, that they learned at what precious price the glorious sight had been purchased. Meantime the boys were eating the fruit of their strategem. On Vine street, below Third, some enterprising merchants managed to get possession of a huge pipe, and into the extremity of the monster they fitted a piece of t)p, mounted it qji some iripodal arraugemeat, and then tq-vered the great fellow' With a piece l ©f All

who passed were invited to ** take a free look" through the Uilesoope, and, of course-, with the laudable, desire which *ll ha®, ot seeing everythin;; that was to be seen, the invitation win* generally accepted. But everyone who looked through the deceitful lustrufueuL saw only a tallow candle shining, and flooding witli its dim wick light the word “ sold. All __seemed to feel that, though they'had taken “a free look,” they had, indegd, paid a heavy price. Two printers went out on a lark, and became, to the disgrace of their craft, be it said, quite drunk. They concluded t" make so scientific observations; so they took a station near the Fifth street nuirket house, and‘procuring some glass and some paper, rigged up in an unknown way a quaint contrivance that bore some distant resemblance to the mysterious instruments of astronomers. Their preparations soon began to attract the attention of the bystanders, and by the time they had till their unearthly arrangements completed, t[ie crowd pressing anil jostling in upon them was numbering four or live hundred. With the gravity that comes in a state ol disgraceful intoxication, these twodrunken fellows soberly went to work and began to talk in language which was intended to be astronomical, but which sounded like the gibberish of the Choctaw*. As the throng grew denser, they dignifiedly requested it to “ keep lack, gentlemen. At length they even allied in the assistance of two policemen. But this presumption proved the ruin of the young inebriates, for their foul deceit was discovered, and the young pretenders were sent away to suffer the condign punishment of shame and mortification.

A gentleman was fishing near Plainville, and there happened to be,, at the same place encamped an old countryman, who’ with his family had gone out for a day’s quiet sport. The Cincinnatian began about three o’clock to smoke, not his cigar, but his glass, and the proceeding was watched with curious looks by the man from the country. Finally he could control his desire for knowledge no longer, and bluntly asked the smoker what he was doing. When told that he was making preparations to view the eclipse, the man's desire for information was in no wise lessened, and he wanted to know what was meant by that. The Cincinnatian tried to tell the old gentleman about the phenomenon, but it was all to no purpose, for when at last the moon began to slowly creep across the sun, and the rustic fisher was offered the glass, and then saw with his own eyes that a part of the sun had apparently been removed, his astonishment knew no bounds. But astonisTunenf gave place to dread when he was told flat the end was not yet. He shook his head sadly but earnestly, and then sat down on the green grass, with the quiet and silent resignation of a stoic, determined to stand with brave daring and stout heart all that was coming. As the eclipse continued, he still held liis place, but it was quite evident liis soul was severely tried His head was occasionally observed to be solemnly shaken, and he muttered once in a while to himself, but open word never spake he. But when the light again flooded the bills, he heaved a great sigh of relief, and then fell to dancing a jig of joy.

Embroidery Extraordinary.

A hemaiikable fine piece of worsted embroidery on canvas, representing "Mary of Scotland Mourning Over the Dying Douglas,” lias been on exhibition during the past week in a show window on Broadway, New York. It was workedhy Mrs. James Bennett, of Brooklyn, a lady of unusual taste and artistic ability, who has devoted to it the principal part of her time during the last eight months. Its dimensions are 36 by 29 inches, and it contains 680,000 stitches, and 168 different colors. Fifteen richly dressed human figures, two horses, a dog, a group of trees, and a castle] are the principal features of the picture, which is worked in what is called “quarter stitch,” that is, the stitches are only one-fourth of the usual length; the best jVftlges, among the many who have lately examined and admired this work, suppose that it must have been done in Europe, inasmuch as very few' American ladies possess the skill or the leisure necessary to produce with . the needle so spirited and perfect a picture. The Whittemore Brothers pronounce it by far the most meritorious of the .more tfian five hundred works of the kind framed by them, and consider it undoubt , edly one of the finest pieces of embroidery ever produced in America. It is valued at $1,500, the sum refused by a gentleman on Twentieth street for a larger, but much more coarsely embroidered, copy of the same scene. —New York Tribune.

How the Greatness and Wealth of the Laboucheres Was Created

A rather apocryphal account is given as to how the greatness and wealth of the Laboucheres was created. The father of the late Lord Taunton, a clever young clerk, by an innocent stratagem got a rich wife and a partneiship in the then first banking house in the world. Being clerk to the Hopes, of Amsterdam, he was sent over on a confidential mission, to.the house of Baring, in London. Being plentifully supplied with a quality which the vulgar call “cheek,” he asked the great Mr. liar] ing for the hand of his daughter in marriage. The millionaire was dumbfounded at the youth’s assurance, and when he had recovered his breath he asked him how he could think of a daughter of the Barings marrying a penniless young clerk. Young Labouchere, nothing daunted, said: “But suppose I was a partner in the house ? ” “Oh,” replied Mr. Baring, “that would be a very different matter.” The aspiring youth posted off to Amsterdam, and ipt mediately asked the author of “ Anastasi” for a share in his business. “ What,” said the great man, “ yon a young clerk:of only two years*'standing, to be made a partner of Hopes, of Amsterdam! Nonsense.” “ But, said young Labouchere “ suppose I could get Miss Baring for a wife “ Iq that case,” replied Mr. Hope, “ the thing might be practicable." And ,in that way it was practicable, as, by thus playing the two great men, one against the other, the young clerk got a rich wife and a siiare in the great hank, and- thus was' founded the noble house of Taunton.

Sleeping under the Clothes.

There is reason to believe (says .Miss Florence Nightingale) that not a few of tire apparently unaccountable cases of scrofula among children proceed from the habit of sleeping with the head under the bed-clothes, and so inhaling air already breathed, which is further, contaminated by exhalations from the akin. Patients are sometimes given to a similar habit; and it often happens that the bed-ClotheS are so 5 disposed that the patient must necessarily breathe air more or less contaminated by exhalations from the skin. A good nurse will be careful to attend to this. It is an important part, so to speak, of ventilation. It may be worth while to remark, that when there is any danger of bed-sores, a blanket should never fee placed under the patient. Never use anything, but light Whitney blanket and bea-covering for the sick. The heavy impervious cotton counterpane is bad, for the very reason that it keeps in the emanations from the sick person, while the blanket allows them to pass through. Weak patients tire Invariably distressed by a great weight of bedclothes, which often prevents their getting any sound sleep whatever. m ■ Tite French Government hasauthprieed Uie Frenoh Cable Compqhy to lay a wire ft-un Brert to England. e 'A

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

USEFUL RECIPES ETC. Ik you wish to become. bulil-lictuled, wear a hat or cap all the time. Sleep In a close iiiglit-Cap, and keep the hair well sopped with any fntty oil or tallow you can buy. To expedite matter*, bathe «;ith licpiors, bay rum, (fca; but beuuire of dean \cutcr and noap. Aix decently-inclined persons should use a tootlebrush daily. ■ Nothing can be more conducive to health. We have heard people brag thnt they “ never cleaned their teeth in their lives. Such an admission is just as creditable to themselves as an assertion that they never washed their toes, nor small-toothed their hair.—Eiclutnge. Blackher.ry Wine.—Pour boiling water over your berries; let them stand until cold; then mash the berries, strain through a cloth, and add two pounds of sugar to every gallon ; mix sugar and juice thoroughly and let it stand for eight days; tlien strain again; dissolve an ounce* of isinglass to six gallons wine, and mix in before setting away for use.— Exchnntje. Preserving Corn. —A lady sends tho following recipe to the Farmers' Club: "My method is to cut from the cob and put it down in large stone jars, two fourths corn and one of salt, by measure; mix well. We have no trouble at all in keeping it good all the yeilr round in that way." Another contributor says: “ There is as much diiferc'uce between corn scraped from the . cob and thatcut from the cob as there is between corn-starch and an ordinary hastypudding. I have tried several ways, and tfnd it really delicious only when it is scraped from tho cob immediately after it is husked. Then pttf it in dishes about the stove and ovens and dry as soon as possible."

To Manage a Hearing Horse.—Whenever you perceive a horse’s inclination to rear, separate your reins and, prepare for him. The instant lie is about to rise slacken one hand and bend or twist his head with the other, keeping your hands low. This bending compels him to move a bind leg, and of necessity brings his fore feet down. Instantly twist him completely round two or three times, which will confuse him very much, and completely throw him off his guard. The moment you have finished twisling>him around, place his head in the direction you wish to proceed, apply the spurs and lie will not fiul to go forward. Crushing aSd Drawing Strokes.— Every edge-tool will operate most effectively w hen it is wielded with a druwing stroke. A person may press bis bare hand on the keen edge of a razor without cutting the skin. But let the hand or tiie razor be drawn on a trifle, while pressure is being applied, aniltbe cutting edge will enter with far less pressure. As many cutting instruments must be worked with a crushing stroke, it is of great iiuporance that the cutting edge be brought to as perfect an edge as practicable, by means of a tine-gritted oil-stone. Axes, chisels, planes, and the knives of most straw-cut-ters, are all operated with a crushing stroke. Consequently, after such edgetools have been ground on a course grindstone, the edge should be rubbed up with an oil-stone until the cutting edge is as sharp as the edge of an- excellent knife.— Hearth and Home.

To Preserve Quinces,— The orange quince is the best to preserve. Peel and core the quinces, weigh a pound of crushed sugar to a pound of qujiicqs; put the peel and cores into'a kettle with just water enough to cover them. Let this simmer about two hours; then strain the liquor, put it back into the kettle, and put in as many quinces as tiie liquor will «over; boil them until they are totuler, take them out and put them on a Hat disk to cool;. put in more until they are boiled, then put the sugar in, and let it boil until it becomes a syrup; then put in as many quinces as tiie syrup will cover; let them boil about thirty minutes; put them on a flat dish to cool; and then more until they are all ooiled; then boil the syrup until all the water is boiled out of it. When the quinces arc cool, put them into the jars and strain the syrup while it is hot through a yery tine sieve on the quinces.— Mr*. Putnam'* Recipe Rook. Piaster. —Abraham Broad, of New Jersey, furnishes the Farmers’ Club with the following biy of experience: “One of my farmers planted corn in a field, forty rows "of which nearest the building I planted myself." The night before I planted I put the seed to soak in warm water and rolled it in plaster while planting. I remember of getting an ear last March, near Newark, of a friend. I planted the ear dry Without plaster, planting directly across the forty rows, arid where the ground was as good as any. This morning I called the attention of the farmer to it. There liad been lio plaster put upon any since planting, and we decided that tliero was almost half difference, that which was rolled almost twice as large, of a good healthy color, the other having a sickly yellow shade. The soil is a heavy clay loam.”

Changing the Color of Flowers.— Our young readers will find much interest and pleasure in the following experiment for the above purpose: Take a teaspoonful of flour «f sulphur, place it in an old saucer, and set fire to it with a common match; when it gets fairly burning, take some high-colored flower—double ones are the best, such as a double Dahlia or double Zinnia —and hold it above it, at such a distance as to prevent* its being burnt by the flame of the sulphur, and the tips of the petals will' be changed into another color; for instance, a double purple Dahlia will have the petals tipped with white, ora double red one will become tipped with yellow, and if the flower is exposed long enough, the whole flower will become changed in color. Care must be had not to inhale the fumes of the sulphur, nor should it be done in the house, for it may fade the color of the curtains, paper-hangings, or furniture, besides filling the house with unpleasant fumes. On the piazza or some sheltered place in the open air is the best place for doing it. —Hearth and Home.

Cucumbers, and their Culture.

The cucumber should be regarded as a profitable farm crop, rather than as a vegetable, to be extensively cultivated in mar-ket-gardeps. To raise the early r varieties, we plant six or eight seeds in an inverted sod (about" four inches square) in a cold frame. When the plants have come but the rough leaf, and nre beginning to run, : they should be set out in goodground, and cultivated the same as thq late crop. In this way we avoid the numerous bugs and fleas, whose depredations cause so much annoyance. For an early out-door crop, select a rich, light, or mellow soil, free from clods or stones. After having it-thoroughly pulverized, draw rather deep furrows the ehtire length of the field, three and a half to four and a half feet apart (a good clovorsqd, plowed twice, is the best); then draw r crVss-furrows the Bame distance apart, At the intersection deposit a large shovelful of good stable or barn-yard manure. Having gone over the field thus, with a hoe draw good mellow ground upon the manure, making a hill, and level the top oil' nicely, discarding all lumps or stones; with the hoe t ben draw a small quantity •Tthe ground away, drop from six to ten seeds in a hill—planting about one or one and a half inches deep, and not on the manure. When they begin to show themselves, _keep all weeds, etc., hoed down, and the ground well stirred and cultivated, as the future crop depends, In a great

measure, on the strict observance of this nik. When th»y have run ea alto interfere with goixl cultivation, and the blossoms have set, discontinue the cultivation, as to continue It will only result in a diminished and unprofitable crop. For tbnc or four weeks they are Hablo to be infested will* a variety of inserts. The striped bugs aro their greatest enemies. They do not attack the plants until the dew has been dispelled by the action of the sun. As a wire remedy for these troublesome pests, we nse air-slackcd lime,' sprinkling the plants with as much as the dew will absorb before it lias disappeared, continuing the application until all signs of the bugs liaye disappeared, which is generally In one week, or a little longer. The same practice is prescribed for the destruction of fleas, etc. To save the seed, leave some large line ones, and, when ripe or turned yellow, take a tub, made by sawing a barrel in two, cut the seed out ol the cucumber,'putting the seed therein. In two or three weeks, after fermentation has taken place, wash the seed with water by half filling a bucket with the seed, and filling up with water, repeating the washing twice, stirring them up briskly with a stick. All the good seed will sink to the bottom of the bucket, and the light refuse seed will float on the top, when the water and refuse can be poured oil', leaving only good, plump seed, all of which are sure to germinate. After the water has been poured off, spread the seed on a board to dry, taking care to bring them in before a rain or before sundown,. When perfectly dry, put them into bags holding two to four quarts, carefully labeled, and put in a dry, cool place; we generally hang them on a nail, out of the reach of rats or mice, as they prove very destructive to this kind of seed.

Immense quantities of cucumbers are raised for pickling, and they almost seem a distinct kind, as they never attain a large size. They are planted late in the summer, just so as to be ready for pickling before frost, and when sold in a small way, bring from $1 to $2.50 per thousand, which makes it a very remunerative crop. Cucumbers should be picked before they begin to turn yellow, as it' injures their sale very much. The following aro the names of some of the most extensively cultivated Varieties: White Spine, a variety which is cultivated for market to a greater extent than almost all others; of medium size, and dark green, retaining its color when picked, longer than any other variety. Long Green, a well-known variety and much.esteemed ; is rather large ; an excellent table variety. The Gherkin is raised exclusively for pickling; small, and rather full of prickles, which make it unpleasant to handle. The Manchester Prize, and several others, are of various repute among gardeners and truckers. —Hearth and Home.

Ventilation of Bee Hives.

A correspondent of the Bee Journal , in speaking of this subject, advances views respecting it which are at variance with those generally entertained. He says; A suitable abode for the honey bee is a hive perfectly air-tight, except at one place, and that should be so that tiie bee-keeper can enlarge or dimisk it tit will. Bees do not thrive in a hive where there is a current of air passing through it. They stop all holes at the top if they can. I hold that all hives that have tlira space, no matter whether they are shallow or deep, giving free circulation of cold air all around the bees, and striking in between each frame to the clustering bees, do more harm than shallowness of the hives. In early spring, if there comes a few days of mild weather, the bee's spread out over the Combs, the queen depositing eggs in nearly all the cells, and the bees cover them. Then comes a cold snap, or even one cold night, causing the bees to cluster compactly together. All the eggs and larvie outside of the cluster are chilled, and cleaned out by the bees. And so it goes all through the changeable weather of spring. All hives that have this vacant space, it is most impossible for bees to breed up in at all in early spring; making them too late for early swarming or to gather honey when it is mokt plentiful. If such hives have lower and -upper ventilation, letting the cool air rush up through the hive and carrying off the animal heat, the bees in them are worthless. Comb frames should fit tight to the side of the hive, to prevent this vacant space. --■ ——

Diarrhea.

This is a very common disease in summer time. Cholera is nothing more than exaggerated diarrhea. When a man has died of diarrhea, he has died of cholera, in reality. It may be well for travelers to know that, the' first, the most important, and the most indispensable item in the arrest and cure of looseness in the bowels, is absolute quietude on a bed ; nature herself always prompts this by disinclining us to locomotion. The next thing is, to eat nothing but common rice, parched like coffee, and then boiled, and taken with a little salt and butter. Drink little or no liquid of any kind. Every step taken in diarrhea, every spoonful of liquid, only aggravates the disease. If locomotion is compulsory, the misfortune of t,he necessity may r be lessened by having a stout piece of woolen'flannel bound tightly round the abdomen, so as to be doubled in front, and .kept well in its place. In the practice of many years, we have never failed to notice a gratifying result to follow these observances.—Hatt'g Journal of Health. '/ jy, —ln 27 counties in Tennessee there are 63,314 school children. Godey for September.— I The steelplato, “The Cottage Horae,” in an Inside view of the cottago—the good wife being engagod in preparing for the return of the family to tho noon-day meal. The fashion-plate contains six figures, and the extension sheet thirty-seven of the latest fashion designs. A plate of children s fashions is also given. Several designs of iancy work, with Instructions, are contained in the work department. Original and pleasant stories, sketiphgs, poems, valuable household receipts, otc. Address L. A. Godky, Philadelphia. One copy one year $3; two copies Jo; three, $7.50; four, $10; five, and one extra, sl4; eight, and one extra, s2l; eleven, and one extra, $27.50.

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The Conditions of Hearth.

It !e Idle to expect health'lf tho precautions ne ceeeary to eecnfttfltafenafleeMCsOTb human otganlxatlun Is a delicate piece of meclianlam, and requires ns much intelligent ease **><l .walchfnlnoaa to keep it Ifi order, as are roqttiaito ftf ttib managejg?MffT*o4 At this season of Uie year file body la peculiarly sensitive, bocanto It Is greatly weakened Ltd relaxed by the romiimous beat. Hie skin, hi-imm-mer. with its millions of porta wide apen, In a very different sort of tegument from the complex Hanna covering which It becomes unduy the action of the winter's cold. Tho miucles/toai, am comparatively flaccid, the nerve* trcßHilous, the blood poor, and the whole fntine leas'capable of enduring fatigue and rcsisllng disease.Mian-lixool weather. Tlieso indications of a depressed condition of the .vital fbrces aro so many nnmlxiitkxbl* hint* that naturs needs reinforcing. ~ . • _ Ordinary stimulants iflil not effect tilts object. They Inflame ami excite, list do not- strengthen. The only preparation whlchcan be depended upon to impart stumiiml vigor to the- system, and enable it to endure tho -ordeah-of the heated tenn without giving way under the pressure, is ,Ug)S--TETTER'S STOMACH BITTERS, a toulc andicorrcctive ao pure, no harmless, so utterly free from the drawbacks which render many of rfi« phjvtafnj astrtngeuta omployod In medical practice more dangerous than the ailments theygre employed to cure, that it maybe administered wnhont foafflA the feeblest teinale invalid, or the most delicate child. The cathartic and vegetable ingredients, which ara combined With those of atonic nature in lie composition, keep the bowels moderately fro* and perfectly regular, while the work of invigoration t« going on. The ffneat blood depurents which tho herbal kingdom afford* aro also among lie components, so that it reernits, purities and regulates the system simultaneously. Th« Bxst akd OKielirxt Toma or Inoir.—phosphorus and Onllsaya, known as Ferro-Ptiospbated Elixir of Calleaya Bark. The Iren restores color to the blood, the phosphorus renewa waste of the nerve tissue, and the caltsaya gives natural, healttalUl tone to the digestive organs, thereby enrtng dyspepsia In Its various forms, wakefulness, general debility, depression of spirits; also, the beat preventive against fever and ago*. One plat sonlolns the vlrtnea of one ounce of oallsaya, and one teaapoonfnl, a grain ot Iron and phosphorus. Manufactured only by Cxawai.L, Hazauo ft Co., sucoesacra to Caswell, Mack ft CoNew York. Bold by Druggists. The Lungs is the Great Laboratory or tub Human Systxm.— When once destroyed they can never bc niado Bound again. We should remove the flret canso which tends to their destruction. When aorea are forming, it is Indicated by a cough or pains in the chest, or difficulty of breathing. Now Allen’s I.cno Balsam will chock these symptoms at once, if it is used in time, and prevent fatal Consumption. For salo by all Druggist*.

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