Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1869 — Page 4

The Fifteeenth Amendment.

ment rives * peculiar aad unexpected imnortance to lie political situation. That amendment provides that no State shall disfrnnobiN! a oti»e® by reason of color, and it to opposed upon two grounds: first, that the subject should not be regulated by the National Government; and, second, that colored citizens ought not to lie allowed to vote upon equal terms with others The tone adopted in pressing the first objection, as if there were some outrage in submitting a proper; question to the Cdufotry in the Constitutfona! manner, is rarely ridiculous. Even if it were undesirable that the conditions of suffrage should be determined by the National Government, it to certainly not improper that the peoee should be asked to decide the question the manner that’tiiey have themselves provided. Consequently the assertion of the Ohio Democratic platform that “the attempt to regulate suffrage in Ohio by means of the sd-<aPed Fifteen tli Constitutional Amendment is subversive of the principles of the Federal Constitution" to transparent folly. The Federal Constitution is the body of ftindamental laws, to which additions are made as experience and reflection suggest The principle of the Constitution, so to speak, to that it shall be supreme all over the Stataa in every particular, that shall seem expedieht for welfare. Thus, the Thirteeth Amendment fWbids any Stale to tolerate slavery; the Fourteenth secures the equal civil rights of every citizen of the United States; and the Fifteenth proposes to prohibit unreasonable disfranchisement

Is it desirable, then, that the States should be allowed to prescribe a qualification for the suffrage upon color ? Unquestionably not,* because nothing is gained by it but the gratification of a prejudice. Color does not determine intelligence nor political capacity. The color of the skin is a disqualification as unrea sonable as that of the hair or eyes. More- .. over, it to a disability which, by perpetuating a distinction of dtste among the citizens, forever renews the freshness of the feelings from which the war arose. The Penniflvanin Democratic platform declares that the‘[fatty in that State “is opposed to conferring upon the negro the right to vote.” It gives no reason, and how could it ? How could a party which courts ignorance, and which doesnot consider habitual drunkenness to be a valid bar to the suffrage, offer any plausible reason for excluding honest, intelligent, sober colored men from the polls ? It is opposed to the voting of the colored citizens because it knows that the votes of a class which the Democratic party has done its best to degrade will naturally be east against it. If the colored vote of Pennsylvania and Ohio were sure for that party, does any observer suppose the party would object to the voting of negroes? If the same vote were not sure to be thrown against the party in New York, is it supposable that the Democrats would insist upon the present inequality of the suffrage in this State? The Democratic party endeavors by every kind of fraud, as at the last election in New York, to secure the voting of the most ignorant foreigners, who nave, and can have, no possible knowledge of the merits or tendency of the issues; is it conceivable that such a party opnoses the equal voting of intelligent native citizens because they are colored? Until this question is settled there can be no escape from the old issues; and the question may be postponed, but it can be settled in one way only. No man in his senses can imagine that this State, or this country, will finally rest in a policy of discrimination among citizens so baseless and infamous as this. A qualification of residence, of education,of familiarity with the language, ir reasonable-tmd intelligible, but one of color is contemptible and exasperating. Apparently the Democratic Convention In this State will declare against the Fifteenth Amendment, and against the provision of the new State Constitution that equalizes the" suffrage. It will then be for the orderly and intelligent citizens to determine how the public welfare is to be promoted by the success of a party pledged to perpetuate upon such grounds the difference tliat has so long anil so cruelly vexed us. Or are there other considerations in favor of its success that make this objection insignificant? Ohio wiH, undoubtedly, reject Mr. Pendleton; but shall! New York virtually declare In favor of him and of his repudiation ? If there is general discontent with the character of the Legislature, let the voter reflect wheth er it is likely to be improved by being composed entirely or in a majority of such members as the city of New 1 ork now sends. The Republican party is the friend of the Fifteenth Amendment, of the national faith, of equal suffrage in this State, of a strict registry, and of the utmost protection of the billot-box against fraud of every kind. It is certainly not less honest and economical than its adversary. When it is added that it is in favor of settling the long disturbing difficulty of our jvolitics in the most just, reasonable, American, and inevitable manner, can any man who has hitherto sustained it doubt as to his duty ? — Harper'» Weekly.

Taxation.

The outcry made by Democrats, against taxes imposed by the General Government, is made without any good cause. Taxation, in some form, is necessary to the maintenance of the government at all times, and the measure must, of course, be much heavier when we have pensions to pay to the wounded heroes of a bloody war, and to the widows and orphans of our fallen braves, and also the principal and interest of a vast war debt to provide for. The war was the last bequest of a long series of Democratic Administrations, and was waged by Democrats exclusively. Republicans were in no degree responsible for their treason or its consequences. To pay off this Democratic debt, however, and they,are taxed in common with others, they bear their part without murmuring. The party charged with the management of the government has lighted the burden of Federal taxation as fast as the condition of our credit would permit. In the first place the General Government has taxed no lands, nor homes of our people. All the taxes paid on them arc for State and municipal purposes. Second, the system of taxes favors the poorer classes, even* to the extent of entirely relieving them. No poor man is made to pay a dollar to the government by way of tax on income, lands, houses, or property. If any man who may be called poor pays anything to the General Government, he does it on the foreign goods, whisky or tobacco he chooses to consume. The Republican Congress has uniformly favored labor and taxed capital. As soon at it was possible to do so it reduced the tax on manufactures and industry general) y, sixty millions per annum. The inoor es and luxuries of the rich are taxed r I labor and poverty almost entirely n'ieved. How could taxation be made easi r? What relief do the Democracy propose ? Their policy, as deduced frxn thespeeches, platforms and letters of their leaders, is, first, to tax the bonds; second, pay them lev’s platform. The people will repudiate, not ice public debt, but the men who have tbs audacity to insult the honor of an honest people by asMni; them to adopt suph

False Statements.

Gwh»» H. tkrntLCTon, in his recent speech, among other things, said: ceM* be bny» bonds, (Mac In nwrtet for then » per oral. there par. They an now redeemable on tbtlt Ihre by,law, end payable in lagal-tcnder bolea. Holden- gaw logal-lnnder for than wlu-n legal-ten-der notca were worth not more than half what they now ere." ' T|to fatoohooda in this brief oxtract are as follows: 1. The Secretary of the Treasury makes no “ great parade ’, in buying bonds. He simply advertises ip a, New York and a Washington paper that he desires to purchase a certain quantity. .2, He has not paid 25 per cent above currency par in'a single instance. He has never given above 19, and most of his purchases have been below 16 per cent. 3- The bonds are not redeemable, by any construction of the law, in legal-lenders that have been deprived of convertibility. If the advocates of legal-tender redemption are right in their construction of the the law, it is only of such legal-tenders aaare convertible into bonds. [See act of February 25, 1862.] L By no construction of the law or contract ca'nlt be ctoinwd or presumed that the subscribers for the lionds ever agreed to let the Government liave the Tight- to depretiato its uotao by rescinding their ‘ convertibility, and afterwards tendering such depreciated notes at nar in redemption of the bonds. Before Pendleton can advocate greenback redemption he must first insist on restoring to the Treasury notes their original convertibility property. The government has no lawful authority to make " stumptaii ” of its notes, and then foist them at par on the public creditors. It would be more honorable to repudiate its obligations at once, on the score of insolvency, than attempt to perpetrate the scurvy fraud proposed by Pendleton. 5. It to not true that “ holders gave legal tender notes for the bonds when legal-tenders were worth not more than half what they now are.” Legal tenders are worth now 73 cents, half of which is cents, and at that price no 5-20 bonds were ever sold by the government. Comparatively few were sold as low as 50 cents. More were sold above 85 than below 60. The great bulk of the 5 20s realized to' the government between 70 and 80 per cent, in gold, as the hooks of the Treastfty show. This is more than the British Government realized for “consols" sold during its wars with Napoleon; and it is more than the French Government realized for “ rentes” sold during Us Nepoleonic wars. The first thing for Gentleman George to learn, before he makes any more speeches, is to tell the truth, which he never does except with a fraudulent intent. —Chicago Tribune.

Democratic Impudence.

It Is decidedly amusing to read some of the resolutions embodied in Democratic platforms now-a-days, and then to con trast their demands with what is taking place throughout the country. The following plank from the declaration of principles by the Pennsylvania Democracy is an example: '' Ruotwi, That reform in the administration of the Federal and State Governments, and tn the arrangement of their financial aflhirs, is imperatively demanded. When this resolution was promulgated, Postmaster-General Creswell had, by retrenchment, fidelity in the performance of bis official duties, and vigilance and reform infused into his Department, effected a saving of $1,500,000 whefe PostmasterGeneral Randall had predicted a deficit of $3,500,000. The Secretary of the Navy, by withdrawing various vessels from commission and other sagacious management, had produced a marked reduction in expenditures, with an accompanying improvement in affairs under his charge. Our Finance Minister had exposed and brought to justice a swarm of defrauders, had discharged several hundreds of supernumerary clerks, had reduced the expenses of his Department to the lowest standard compatible with effectiveness, had enforced a more complete collection of internal revenue and customs duties than had been thought practicable, and had diminished the public debt over thirty million dollars, now augmented to nearly fifty millians. The administration of the War Department had been attended with like economy; indeed, evety branch of the government had undergone a thorough scrutiny, with a view to the curtailment of its expenditures in every practicable and rational wav. In the face of these conspicuous and notorious facts, here comes the Democratic party, demanding, in the name of the general welfare, that the reforms already accomplished, which displayed remarkable judgment, integrity, diligence, knowledge, management and good intentions, and winch astonished and delighted the country by the magnitude of their achievements, should be themselves reformed. _ What could such a thing be but progressing backward —a retroactive reform which means nothing less than a return to the extravagance, inefficiency, intrigue and wide-spread corruption which characterized the administration of Andrew Johnson? Kicked down by the people from the top of the political ladder, and lying in supine weakness and *011616 helplessness at tlve bottom, the repudiated Democracy shout back a demand to be restored to the heights from which they have been so ignominiously cast down, in order that they may stop the purification going on in the filth of the Augean stable which was of their own creation. There is cool effrontery for you.— Chicago Republican, Sept. 20.

Incident of the War.

The New York Timex recalls the following historical incidents of 1861: When the flag was lowered on Sumter, a meeting of the citizens of Galena was held, and a prominent Democrat took the chair. He had begun to talk of “ Republican responsibility for the war," and of “ compromises,” when E. B. Washburne rebuked him by exclaiming, “Mr. Chairman, any man who will try tostir up party prejudices at this time is a traitor?’ At the same moment Rawlins entered the hall, and loud cries called him to the stand. He advanced and made a spirited speech, ending with these words. “ Lhave been a Democrat all my life ? but this is no longer a question of politics. It is simply country or no country. I have favored evcry'iiQijprable compromise; but the day for coinpromise is passed. Only one course is left us. We Will stand by the flag of our country, and appeal to the god of battles.” Two evenings later Rawlins and Grant, who had a slight acquaintance, met at another meeting, and Rawlins half jestingly proposed to Grant that they should raise a company of volunteers for the war. “ As yon have seen service you shall be captain,” he said; “and Rowley and I will toss up to see which shall.be first lieutenant.” The Galena company was raised, but Grant was not elected captain nor Rawlins lieutenant. WJhen, however, some months later, Grant was made colonel and subsequently brigadier-general, one of his first acts was to procure a conw mission as captain and assistant > adjutant-’ general for Rawlins, and on Sept. 15,1861, the latter reported for duty on Grant's staff Nor did he ever leave it until he was confirmed as Secretary of War. ■ : „ ~ A gloomy octogenarian was complaining to Auber of the hard necessity of growing old. “ Hard as it is,” replied the veteran composer, “it seems to me the only means yet discovered of enjoying long Ufa*

MIBCELLIHEOUB TTEMA. Tax fewer words, the better the prayer. Forgive thyself nothing and others tnach. Grelt men insure in the Washington Life, os«ew York. . Short-sighted people are always close observers. Capital Punwiiment—Ten thousanda year, and nothing to do. •>“ Come in'out of-the wet I" said the ■shark, when he swallowed the boy. Wu v to the road of transgressors so hard? Because it is so much traveled. Do tile best you dm, whatever you uhdertake. If you arc only a street-sweeptr, sweep your very best. “Industry must prosper,” as the man said when holding the baby while bis wife chopped wood. , Ame nioxi. student says he has never been able to discover the bone of contention, and desires to know whether it tonot situated very near the jaw-bone. “ Sammy, run to the store and get some sugar.” “ Excuse me, ma; I'm somewhat indisposed this morning. Benfl father, and tell him to bring a paper of tobacco along. ” “ How did you manage to get along in Paris without knowing the French lanB?” inquired a gentleman of Mrs. y, “ Oh, we had an interrupter with us,” complacently replied the old lady. “What do you mean by humbugging, madam ?" asked a homely barrister of an okljlady whom he was cross-examining. I don't know as I can exactly say, sir; but if a lady were to say to you that you’re a handsome man, that would be what I’d call humbugging!” A Sunday School teacher was giving a lesson on Ruth. She wanted to bring out the kindness of Boaz in commanding the reapers to drop larger handfuls of wheat. “Now, children." said she, “Boaz did another nice thing for Ruth; can you tell me what it was” “ Married her!" said one of the boys. Local Knowledge. —“ I shay, my man," hiccupped an elevated ctvic dignitary of Edinburgh, as he emerged from the head of the Fleshmarket Close, and observing the illuminated dial of the-Tron Church, addressdd a sour milkman, who had just dismounted from his cart: “I shay, can you tell me if that is the sun or the moon?” “A couldna say, sir,” was the simple reply, “ I dinna belong to this part.” The excellence of the Washington Life Ins. Co. of New York cannot be too warmly acknowledged. Its story is the sfciry of a noble success—of a wise and generous design, prudently and thoroughly accomplished. It was organized on a principle of novel and peculiar liberality. It proposed to give all profits to the insured, paying only legal interest on its capital; and it has accomplished its purpose. In a careermf progress altogether satisfactory it lias established itself upon a foundation as of adamant. Faure, the singer, recently lost his mother. During the interludes of the. operas he always wrote her a note, informing her how the public received him, and what he thought of his own performance. He appeared in “ Guillaume Tell ” the other evening—the first occasion since his mother’sdeath. As usual, he withdrew to his private room during the entr'acte, and when the manager called on him to come on the stage, Faure was sobbing like a child before his writing materials. The Wisconsin State Fair for 1869, to be held at Madison, Sept. 27th to Oct. Ist, both inclusive, promises to be a greater success than any of its predecessors. Entries are already rapidl/coming in from all quarters, and several of the counties are spiritedly at work, making preparations to compete for the Prize Banner. Lieutenant General Sheridan is certain to be present, as we .hear .from the best authority, and the people are making ready to turn out by thousands. The railroad and steamboat lines are to carry passengers at half-rates, and freight free. Madison is a beautiful place to visit, and the exhibition will undoubtedly be worth going tojsee. The comment of a colored preacher on the text, “It is more blessed to give than to receive,” is inimitable for its point as well aseloquence. “ I’ve known many a church to die ’cause it didn’t give enough; bull never knowqd a church to die ’cause it gave too much. Dey don’t die dat way. Brederen, has any of you knowed a church to die ’cause it give too much ? If you do, just let me know; and I’ll make a pilgrimage to dat church, and I’ll climb by de suft light of de moon to its moss-covered root; and I’ll stand dar and lift my hands to Heaven and say, 1 Blessed are de dead dat die in de Lord.’”

Western Patents.

The following Western patents were granted by the Commissioner of Patents for the week ending Sept. 14, 1869, as. reported by Farwell, Ellsworth & Co., solicitors of patents and counselors in patent cases, 162 Lake street, Chicago, Ill.: roil Illinois. Corn Marker—Joseph Bearden. Bath. Saw Clamp—B. Blackstone, Warren. Cultivator—W. A. Dryden, Monmonth. Mashing Machine—L C. Field, Galesburg. Vapor Barner—Edward Savage, Chicago. Hay-Raker and Loader—J. R. Isdell, Wyanet. Street Scraper—J. K. Thompson, Chicago. Flute—O. J. G. Wardrum, Chicago. Velocipede—G. Hoberland, Pontiac. Axle Bolt—J. R. Hendricks, Clayton. Planter and Cultivator—A. 3. Mlsenkimer, Oskaloosa Washing Machine—Orin Skeel, Winslow. Hobby-Horse—L. Anderson, Chicago. Stove Pipe Shelf—Bagley * Mason, Elgin. Horse-Rake—Jesse Hudson, Charleston. Clothes Unc Holder—John Robins, Centralia. lOWA. Sled Runner—William N. Berkly, Cedar Rapids. Tumb'ing Rod Cleaner—F. Heeuermann, DavenChurn—Wildesln & Peek, St. Charles. Hay Loader—J. G. Schom, lona City. Cultivator—E. P. Lynch. Davenport. Hand Corn Planter—W. S. Pelham, Kirkville. INDIANA. Head Rest—Willey Kenyon, Crawfordsville. Clod Fender—L. H. Sheeler, Crawfordsville. Harvester—Brackbnsh & Merrifield, Indianapolis. Velecipede—C. M. Tyler, Indianapolis. Rotary Clod Fender—L. M. Doddridge, Mount Pleasant. ' Machine Filing Baws—F. M. Hasten, Orange. Gate—Wm. Leonard, Orleans. Knitting Machine—J. M. Cune, Auburn.

A Boy’s Device.

A London paper says: We once saw the strand thrown into terror, conftision' and distress by the unaided wit of tw6' boys. It was one of those foggy, • damp December evenings," when the lamps looked like blurred moons, and objects twenty yards off are all but undistlnguishable, and the pavement is as slippery as if all the clowns of all the theatres had been practising the making of butter-slides for the coming pantomimes. These playful, youths bad got a suit of old clothes and some straw, out of which they had made up an image sufficiently like ainan to pass muster in that uncertain light. With this, counterfeiting the action of affectionate taking hooM a beloved but intoxicated father, they ifißld suddenly appear in. front of stMgnKsing omnibus, and then, affecting' Aftßtee all presence of mind, allow , their Kmpless parent to fall almost under the feet of the horses. The scene mjy be imagined. Terror of the passengers, horror of the driver, horses down through having been sharply turned aside or pulled up on the greasy pavement, general agitation ; which culminated when an omnibus with more way than usual actually passed over the body, the Wretched <Jiri ver of course suffering the menial agonies of a homicide until relieved by peeing tjs itrew intestines of Ms violin,

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

USEFUL RECIPES, ETC. In plowing or teaming on the roaAin hot weather, always rest.the horses on an eminence, where one minute will be worth two in a wafm Vnllef. •- ) pT A conRESPONnqhT of tlrd FritM’z Farmer recommends an application..of boiled oil, thickened with pulveriisud charcoal, to prevent posts from decaying. Dry earth is said to be an excellent thing for galls or sores on horsed, to be retained by a bandage, and .changed as often as it becomes moist from absorption. A cOnftEWONDErtT of the Countryman, from hto observations in Northern Illinois, is fenrftil that tho Osage Orange is not Just the thing for the cola winters ®f that latitude. ,• CauHactm that have maggots on. the root are sure to droop and.becqme ptumpfooted. . Remove-the earth Carafully away from the roots, scrape off lhe maggots and destroy them,and iww roots trillso'bn put out, and the iplarti.i’xaiil grow Wealthy.— R. C\ in Beeton Uultiouter. According to M. Corneille, ducks are three times iw 'profitable as hens as eggnreducers. Three ducks presented him,in a given time, with six hundred and seventeen eggs, While three hens, hatched at the same time, achieved only two hundred and fifty-seven. The eggs of hens and ducks he states to be nearly equal in nutritive value. A correspondent of the Joniutal of Agrteultnfe sayNheTfas been’tiraght; by mishaps fropt the Opposite coffrse, not'to-cut nidfe liay in the morningthatfl he can reasonably eipcct to haul in the afternoon. •If a shower should then conic the "damage would be small, as but h small quantitywould be exposed. La Patrie, a French paper, publishes the following simple method of destroying the grub which does so much damage to apple trees: Place a piece of aloe, about the size of a walnut, in a quart of water; shake the bottle from time to time during three or four days, and apply the liquid with a small brush to the affected parts of the tree. If the- weather- W tlty, it single application will suffice. To prevent a horse from brcsktnglus halter.jwpettye a cord, from.eight tQ teja Xeet long; put the harness on the horse; ‘buckle the girt tight; make a slipping-noose on one end of the .cord And put it around 1 the hdrfle’s tail, close to the "body; slip the other end through the territ and bit-ring, and hitch the horse to a post, and leave him to himself. Two or three, lessons will cure any horse. — Cor. Country Gentleman. Varnish,-.An method of preparing copal yaimish is said to consist in first dissolving one part camphor in twelve parts ether m a well-stopped bottle, and then adding four parts of tlie copal resin, previously reduced to an impalpable powder, and as soon as the copal gum is partly dissolved, four parts of Strong alcohol and one-quarter part of oil of turpentine are to be added, and the mixture well shaken and allowed to Stand for a few hours, after which an excellent copal varnish will be found as. the result. Cistern Water.—A citizen of Vermont gives the following as, in his opinion, the best method of keeping the contents of a cistern from stagnating and becoming often: sive : “ Let the spout run to the bottom of the cistern. You will then have new water every time it rains. The old water will be buoyed or borne up, and • thrown off. Sometimes a single ram will throw off all the old water, and give entirely new. If you have any doubt of this, Alia pail with water, run a tube to Vhebottom qf it, and, by means of a funnel, turn more water into it by way of the tube, and you Will see that the water yOu turn into the tube will go to the bottom of the pail, and the water you put in tjr§t will ,be thrown off.” Keeping -Sweet POVAfofes.—A writer in the Country Gentleman says: I have seen several plans tried for keeping sweet potatoes, such as putting them up in dry sand, chaff, etc.; but Thrive found thaVrotten wood, finely pfllvCrized,’ is the best ■thing yet/ Conect the rotten wood 4a the summer or early fall; get it perfectly dry; grind or pound it fine; pack yOur sweet potatoes in it in boxes or barrels and keep them in a warm room or in the cellar close up to the floor of the house, and you need have no fear but that your potatoes will be as good iii the spring aS wifon you packed them away. ' " Treatment op Flowers in October. —Early in t]ie mP n ?h> the beds should be thoroughly cleaned pf.pll, weeds; .all the tops of the hardy herbaceous plants that liave done glooming and arp dried Up should be cut pff;. tqliqrbsee, gladiolus, dahlias, and other sujniffer-Uloomiijg bulbs should be taken up, .properly dried and' stored away. Whqn. ,the frost h as es ' troyed the verbenas,.balsams, asters, etc., they should be removed; ,and the tops df the chrysanthemums, ,cqt jaff as flOfW as ■ they are done blooming. At the pnd of the month, or when.the earth is frozen an inch or two deep, the beds should be covered o ver with leaves, long litter, er salt-hay, to the depth of two or tlirfie inches. la ; ?order Vo protect the plants from the,- injurious effects of allornate freezing and tirawing in the winter, a slight protection dm this way amply repays the trouble.— Heeuih and Home.

Fattening Hogs.

/ , ... — . I J . A hog will thrive according to the food you give it. it will make pork according to the. quality.of food. Thus corn is better than other grain; old corn better, than new corn. Beechnuts will make a soft, oily pork; the acorn a bitter.it is said; and we know that it is a ; matter qf worldwide notoriety that .offal 'spoils pork. How is it then 'With- the pen, reeking constantly with odors—the hog wallowing in its'own filth? • ' Here is an aspect that we overlook. There ifl'alwaysmoreor lessof theexeretia of the animal taken with its food. Bometimes—and this we have often sden—the trough is Watered and lined with it, the animal urinating in the trough. Now all this has a decided effect upon the pork, which is, from necessity, more or less tainted by it/ We are. not eating good pork. We ai*e not keeping it well; such pork will not keep. The difficulty is laid to the jm,tttngylqwn, or to some other cause, when ij ifi.m a great measure, and sometimeswhopyi SHtafofo Hfeßufa*fhfte - ; putttscenvTOfKwir Is-Absorbed m To prevent nil kt l«ftt in a great measure, so as To get a fair, and. we may deem a godd; i quallty‘' of ptlrM, there must be cleanliness.’ J And fheppg, though a hog, has still some of,'the original ness left which no doubt distinguished him ere he had fakento the ditch. He will select a -dpan.dry place; and it > s this trait that must be taken advantage of. He musktbe permitted.to have a clean place where he can be clean and dry, but also cool, or he will walfqw. A separate* apartment to sleep or rest in is the besf and the surest way.. He will seldom foul his sleeping apartment, particularly if straw is put in and changed as often ns required. Thia he will have as his parlor. And it is your business to see that the other compartment is kept free frohi odors add moisture t thip by using absorbents. Dried muck is a cojnmdn resort. Dried saw-dust is also good; aiifl even ground—anything that'wilt take up odorsand m<*isx ture. Lsegrouqd thesis dry, or dust fron® the road. Have a piles reedy to use, and keep using as occasion requires. If there is but one. compartment, treated in this Wi kept odorlwa ant ,

hltfgy Will appreciate U, and 'aid in the nutter by keeping W» corner and himself Here you will be making manure worth three limit the amount of first worth. You will have a great miisanpe abated, the hbg-pen (In its rtdof,) and you will have a <iean jdg worth looking akand .nork So match; this without, fail; oply feed proper food.— Exchange. ' '

What Age to Plant Frnit Trees.

■,< ar fgst coming over to the opinion and practice of such men aa PhceniX, Quinn, arid other practical hOrticirilMrikta tM ‘•tJttejoungeti.pm frees time, of transplanting, the better thCir health irrtd growth; and the sooner'; will they 1 bear fruit,” , j , ' A great many think that a, three or four year old tree will Behr Aortrter than one tWo yours younger, aad<the nurserymen can testify well to, the demand for trees for ” immediate fruiting ; n bin I eorisider it a boetly, Unsatisfactory pnuitjce T; , Nearly, every.tree of-that age loses by necessity a large portion of its rodts Iry transplanting from the nursery toils future,bed; in - order to maintain a healthy, progressive growth, the top must be shortened ; in,;in same proportion; sometimes quite severely ; and by the time this is completed, the tree is really little or nt> better thftn oirt a year or two younger. It happen9i:;U<¥V-< ever, in the majority of casps,‘that the trees are neither well planted* : n<H* well pruned, and the first years growth.idler planting in its'new home is weak, sickly, stunted; with the least posable prospect' .of fruit. u. ;< . •. A I To remedy all this, I say choose young trees, not over one or two years old.- “Fluty are in the Ibhg run the best investment,, and prove most renmnerative. They cost less at the nursery; the freight Is less than one-half; the trees lose *few ar-nootoets ;> they are more easily set out, saying labor and expensive preparation of tlid ground, and then they commence a continuous growth, which experiences few or none of the drawbacks incident to older trees,,and at last reward the owner with- luxuriant crops of really chbfcb fruit. It may seem hard to MY S ait fiwa or six years before he can get returns from his investment; but hk wfll'fihd atthe -end of tMt tfibb thwt 1W tine year ojd trees are better ill every-reapect than his four year old fancies* This rule can be. safely applied 1 to all standard trees —apples, pears, plumbs, pitches, I apricots, itteJ Inno case wpukl i. recommend trees over two years of eige.—Horticulturist.

How to Keep Pastures in Good Condi tion.

It is with a pasture as with a man, the* inedfne must be greater than the Expenses, or it grows poor. Crops are tlie expenses. It is quite possible to make the surface of any soil unproductive' and unprofitable; by carrying off more than ,ia put op. Pasturing with cows that are yarded at night docs this. Sheep of beeves that rethain upon the land, on the contrary, .return more than an equivalent in manure, and keep the land improving. Where plaster meets a want of the soil ,it may be kept improving by sowing broadcast a bushel and a hair to the acre every spring, and feeding off the grass. Many farms mi the grazing districts in the interior are kept up mainly by plaster and feeding. Some of them will carry a bullock: to the acre. Other lands need lime, and the lime.brings in clover, and this plant' by the large drafts it makes upon the subsoil and the atmosphere. always improves the pasture. tn other districts are accessible at reasonable rates, and they, are always a reliable top-dressing. The effects are visible on some soils in increased' crops of grass, for twenty years. Cheap: ashes will keep up any pasture, pay their cost, and leave a profit. So will homemade compost, if a man will but make and use it. Along the sea-board the old pastures need nothing better than creek-mud, Hod the Weeds thrown- upon the short. Too often these are allowed tp rot on the, sand for want of labor to gather them. Irrigation is available in other caseseand where the waters of a brook can be tinned over a pasture nothing more will be needed to keep it in ■ good ebndition. Changing soils oftentimes has a wonderful influence. Sometimes on the same field of twenty acres there will be sandy-or gtavel-' ly knolla nearly bare of vegetation, and hard clay or muck, in swales. A top-dress-ing of‘the sanct Would pay Oh the swales, and notliing could be better for the knolls than the muck dr clay. Our old pastures to be kept profitable must have something done for them. It will not pay to devote ten.acres, to,a single cow.— America/l Agriculturist. '

Patrons of Husbandry.

■ iThib Qjftler waa Jjy.a nupiber of distinguislijed Agficiuturisis, of various States of tlie'Uni&i, at Washington, in. December, 1867, since tfienhas met with most encduraging success, giving as--surahtJe that it will soon betidriie oni' of teeniest useful and powerful organizations in the Umtcd States. Its grand object is not only general improvement i» husbandry,but to increase the general happiness, wealth and prosperity of the country. It is founded upon “the axioms that the products of the soil cothprise the basisof all wealth; that individual happiness depends upon , general prosperity, and. 1 that the Wealth of a countfry depertds -upon thp general - intelligenieo dnd mentdl culture 1 of the producing classes. The St. Paul Zfcu neer as the harvest is secured,’ and during the fall and wintfer, it is-th<J intention-of 0. H. Kelley, Seoretary of the National Grange, to visit the prominent towns in. the southern part of Minnesota, and the leading points in Illlhoih and lowa, forftpe purpose of organizing subordinate • Granges, appoint .deputies: and generally supervise the estaWislithejit of the ;Qrdpr. We most, clyserfully trunnion d both him and the Order to the editorial fraternity, and do so after an,intimate* personal acquaintance of years Wittf hirtf, and with the interior of a Grange.. Fannersi are idvised to.take. advhn>M5 e of b* B visit (to organize and start right in tike work, as there is no one in the country more fapiiliar With the ritual than Mr. Kelley.’’ !*• J- . ' —r —i - ,:, . Arthub’s Home Magazine.— The.Octo l ber number contains a large amount of good reading matter; the usual fashion intelligence, plates and illastratidfis;'Hints to'Housekeepers, giving fifty useful and miscellaneous receipts; " Thq VlrjrlnH R Toijpisdnd;J is continued;'fwb fulFpage niusfratlOTis; etc. T. 1 181. ARVkuK OTM WUICTXfc;* years, $5.00; three copies one year, $5.00; four copies, $6.00; eight copies, and one etdrs. $12.00; fifteen •>s<s<« Vd onojxtra, <20.0(1 Hojid Mkga--zine ano tmee’a Mifrthj s3ioo. * Honfe Magazjay, Once a Month, Children's Hour and Lady's Book, $6.50. The Childbeds Hour.— The e tfuml)M for October gives several short storjea and sketches for the children, with appropriate pictures, dotetrj; she; ' Bach number of this little monthly contains; -Mrty-two well-filled pages, ’and is pubrisheiby w S. Aktbur* Sons, Philadelphia, Pa. Single copies per year, $1.25; one copy three years. $3.00; fl vecopies one y eat;. $5.00; ten copies, and one extra, $10.00.* mngle- 15 cents, Sample number, 10 cents. Once a Jlonth 64,. QcUMr contains: Curiosities of Animal Life—continued; Ah Infant Chapters "xxr., ixti.' and xxifi.Absinthe; OrganThe BMnd Inveutpr/Ml* Jfotbef-in-Law andl; together' with i bhmberOf “ IsldMb Ina sea of Beadwt’aaw”

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The Fever and Ague Season.

I WhenlhdiekVoßbegtbto change, rcmtttoub and Intermittent fevers make their appearance. From the Surface Us the'bttrtfi, bathed-nightly lil-honvv dews,.from marshes and pwamps, surcharged with moistirrO, from tfib -dying foliage of the woods',from festering pools and sluggish streams, the snn df September evolves clonus of miasmatic vapor perilous to health and life. The body, deprived by ttre burning temperature of July hnd August of mnsb of Its vigor and plasticity, |s n»t In a proper plight tb resist malaria; and hence air diseases that are produced by a depraved condition of the atmosphere are particularly jirctalent in the Fall. ...There ispo reason why the health of thousands or pdople should be thno sacrfflced'. 'A preparatoryhbnrse of. HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERkIs a certain protection agatnst the epidemics and epdemics which 4,utumu brings in Its train. Let all dwellers in unhealthy localities, Hable to such t'isitptlpns, give to the warning and advice conveyedjin this advertisement, and they may bid defiance to thafogl exhalations which now rising, night and day, from the soil around them. No farm-house ta tM land should be-without this invaluable exhilarant and invlgdrant at any peiiod of the year, but especially in the Fall. . It is not Bale to go forth into the chill, misty atmosphere of a September mornlntfßmventng with the stomach unlorttCed by a tonic, and of, all tho tonicswhich medical chemistry has yet giventothe world, HOSTETTER'S piTTERS are admitted to, be the purest, the most wholesome, add the most beneficial * a, ■ Let all who desire to escape the blildhs attacks, bowel complaints and malarious fevers, take the BITTERS at least twice a day throughout the present .season. It is as-wholesome as it is infallible. Look to the trade-mark, '• HOSTETTER’S STOM. ACH-BETTERS,” engraved on the label and embossed on the bottle, and their revenue stamp covering the cork, as counterfoils and imitations abound. n B 4, Ghvid and Merited Success Wc learn that so great lias become the demand for Df: Sage’s Catarrh Remedy of late, that instead -of grinding and preparing the ingredients wjiidt .eftter into, its composition, ’in a common dfiiggist’s mortdfir the proprietor has had tojusort to a largp set of l?rench Bur Mill Stones, which tire run by water power. When it is considered that it is but a short time since the remedy was discovered and put on sale, this play truly be said to entirely eclipse the sucCeSs which has met the remedies of Ayvj, Janes, Moffat, To,wnscnd, and, the wholly fraternity or proprietary medicine ■venders. Where there is such success,. therie must be soma inarif, It ip for sale in almost every drug,store in the land, ‘ and ik also sold largely ahd sent through the mail at sixty cents--per package. — Buffalo Evening Po»t. Brtlant’s Chicago Business; Traininr . School.—This Medel Training School for Business is the “ High School" to. the ■ Commercial Colleges of the .Country, and our advice to youh'g mcn'isto go to this, the best practical School in the United States. 11. B. Bryant has disposed of lijs interest in the Chain of Colleges'” and ■how-gives his whole time to this, the great model institution. He pubiishps.tjiaf excelleift commercial paper, the Ulticago. Ciriii'icr. Yoitbg “men should write to H. B. Bryant, -Chicago, 111., for further ipfpnuation. . - FaliigW« iifommtionfrointhe Rev-Jabez S. Sioan, a clergyman of dietinguishat attainments and e»t .afttd’.reputafion ’ Jjyw London, Feb., JB5l. DR. S. A- WEAVER, Db>s:Si» I feel compelled by a scuep of duty to the Buffering, to say fn regard to your Canker ,and Salt. Rheum Syrup, that I have,pstd.it. in my, family for more than one year with most decidedly happy results. I consider it adapted completely to sustain the reputation which is claimed for it. In a number of cases Within my knowledge, where it .hasbeeq taken lor. Erysipelas Rheum, it us been artended With coinphre suertss, whip otherfeme6^e^had'.comp^te|y . ’ Th* 1 fAtrest and CtM-Lfver Oil In tit* world Is Hazard A Caga-ell’s, ippde on Ure sea shore, from fresh, Bolecwd hrera, by CASWELL,'HAZARD A CO., New loifc ‘ldls absolutely pure and «<nea'> Patients who have once taken It prefer it. to all others. Physicians have decided it superior to any of the outer oils in market. —. . Chapped Hands,- face, rough skin, plipples, rlng< worm, salt-rheum, and other cutmy-ons affections cured, apd the soft and smooth, by using the JUNIPER TAR.SOAP, made by CASWELL, HAZARD ft CO/,New Ybriq Ails mbte land easily applied than other remedies, avoiding the Trouble o the greasy cOmlSowh’dß rkiw ln n*e, 1l ; ■

ThfSMost Popular Medfcine Extant! PERRY RIII¥PIIN KILLER The hAnt killer is equally appltoaMa-and efficacious to young or old. rpifHPAIN.KIIiBR T : ■ ~ X |s both an Internal and External Remedy. THE PAIN KILLER win cure 1 Fever and Ague when oUidr femedies have failed. TSeH’AIN KlLLEßJiiouidbe , JL, j ysedat the first ia»nUHstatlon of Cold or Congh. ra Randiy Medicine of the age. THSjAINKTLIA?ti~’~ ± WMcurqPointer'sColic, *;•■ ' rr«E PAIM KILLBB . A ■’■' ■ ..JL Jp food for Scalds and Bum,. pie fnita favor. TtoiWrtiwrHta 7 ' ' JL Gives Untyqgeal Sadsfacpph. « THitrtiiN kilLbr-* t, > JL Bewarp of Imi TATipye Mid Cotrrrrxamrra. T^iS^tacSlorSSieake-ftrOHOMHIA,* and has, most eminent or skillful Physicians. In, India, Africa and China, where this drfladml disease Is efCr more of' leu prevalent, ths RA 111 KILLER Is considered, by the natives as well as European residents In these clunates, ABUREREMKDY. , ■ r?AtPAIN KlLLfcß—each Bottle ' UN- " . Ain JQSEj IxP < - I ! ll directions |>r nse,, . f I 'HE P AIN KILLEV tovold by all „ 1 Druggists and Family Medicines. 1 * vl’ 'aTM'ie- ’ Laws of Business. WUb full directions and forms for all transactions in even Stole it the UmonbyTHBOPHILUS PARSONS, IX. ® , FnapkMr of Law In Harvard Üblventty, ann *°AN»w Sob rM??vmn™>DT; Explaining the «B«<s Md odboaG of aU the hflations ofllfe. as well as S'Wrv kind of contract and toga) ohngatlqn. _A o*mM<z*e and no person can afford to be S. OAtfMV&tock'B YfBMIFUGB,

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Red Jacket Axe. ■ bw

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