Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1870 — Page 4

The Repunlican Party's Record.

*Oil* cmr credit at home and abroad should be improved: that tarn ahould be lightened, andttel M *wsufc oT thla poH«r, lion would experience a steady, healthy reign of material prosperity. How tar theae pledges have been carried out, can beat be learned from consulting the cffi dal statistics of President Grant’s administration thus far, and comparing them with tkoae of Johnson's administration. Beginning with the public debt, we find that it waa as follows on the dates given:

Diminution for sixteen month*... *189,104,660.27 Tran thla is to be deducted $36,673.10 the estimated diminution of the debt for the first four days of March, 1860. The debt has, therefore, in round numbers been diminished by nearly one hundred and forty millions of dollars. The people are thus sated forever from an annual tax of aboaVsipU and one-third millions of dollars. For sixteen months thla may be considered a very fair fulfillment, for that time, of the pledge to diminish the public debt: The receipts and expenditures for the last fiscal year, ending June 30, 1870, are as follows: sacoiFfs. From custom*. *194.586,874 44 From Internal revenue 184,809,756 49 From sale of public lands 3,350,481 76 lUsosUaseouf sources 28,466,664 94 Total *411,256,477 63 xxraronTM*. Civil and miscellaneous *53.287,668 56 War Department 67.855,«75 40 Navy Department 21,780,220 87 Indians and pensions 81,748,140 32 Interest on public debt 127,702,338 03

•total in Showing exceee of receipts *110,131,425 15 bt comparing the expenditures of Johnson’s administration for the eleven months of the fiscal year ending March 31, 1868, with the expenditures under Grant for the year ending June 80, 1870, we find a saving in favor of Grant of $58,632,193 67. In no department of the administration of the finances of our Government has the hand of economy been put forth with mors success than in the collection of the internal revenue. There were collected from December, 1867, to February, 1869, under Johnson, a total of $161,821,686.77. From the same sources of revenue, and for the same length of time, there were collected from March, 1869, to May, 1870, $238,337,639.92, making an increase of $66,880,640.28, or 41 per cent, notwithstanding the annual reduction under acts of March 31 and July 20,1868, estimated at $45,000,000. There has been a constant desire of the Republican party to diminish taxation by every means possible, consistent with the necessary revenues of the Government, and the acts of Congress to that effect bear record that this part of the Republican policy has been faithfully carried out.. The acts of Feb. 3,1868, removed the tax from raw cotton, and by the act of March 31, 1868, it was removed from a large number of articles. Between 1866 and 1870, some modifications in the tariff on wool, copper, cigars, tobacco, &c., were made, but the material reduction was effected the present year, at the close of the recent session of Congress, in obedience to a univertal demand for a reduction of taxation. The following table is an exhibit of the annual reduction of internal taxes by act of July 14, 1870:

Sources of Revenue. ! Date of Ceasing. jflsca/’yeiu Special taxes, inciuding May 1, 1871, except fermented tboeeon bankers.,... liquor*, spirit* and tobacco ittO. 674,000 *10,674,000 Gross receipts lOct.l, 1870 (KB4 000 6,7840t0 Sale* !Oct. 1, 1870, except tobacco, iplr- ! r, , , i Its, wlnea and stamps . 8,304,00 8,804,000 Income, Including sala- ( 4H per cent, on Income# over riei 84,000, lnatead of 5 per cent, on . , income# over SI,OOO 87,243 000 23,700/00 Legacies Oct. 1, 1870 1,610 000 1,510/00 Successions Oct. 1, 1870. ISM tics 1.,151.000 Articles in Schedule A,. Oct. 1,187 U. 892 ( 00 892 000 Passports., Oct. 1,1870 V jb’cioo 25/00 Stamps Oct. 1, 1870, for promissory note# for l«ss than (100, fdr receipts, for canned and preserved flab 15,611,000 1,350,000 T0ta1..., L (niTonO $56,212 000 Reduction of tariff j ’ 1 80,000,000 Total reduction i 18^212,010

Since the close of the rebellion, the burden ot taxation has been removed from mere than 10,000 articles which are used by the people. ▲ summary view of what has beeD done in the reduction of internal taxes for five years is presented in the following table : By act of Jnly 13. 186 q. 165.030,C00 00 By act of March 2,1867 40 000,000 00 By act of Feb. 3, iSOS 2-3,000,000 00 By act of March 31. aiH J aly 20, 1868 45,000,000 00 By act of July 14,1879 r... 65.212,000 00 Met total reduction !r 52 .’8,212,000 CO Met proposed decrease of dutiea ou imports by act of July 14, 1870.23,6315,821 S 3 Aggregate annual decrease 5251.845.527 33 Since the commencement of President Grant’s administration, there has been a generally steady advance in the price of United States securities, which shows that the public credit has become im - prpved, as will be seen by the following facts and figures: During the closing week of Johnson’s administration the United States 5-20 coupon bonds of 1862 were quoted in London and New York at the following averages:

In London at an'average of 82 1-16 In Mew York at an average of m J 4 The average price of gold in New York being 131 ££. These reduced to their equivalents in the gold currency of the United States give, in London, 89.9 per cent of the face value; in New York, 89.4 per cent of the face value. During the week ending July 5, 1870, under Grant, the same class of securities were quoted in London, Frankfort and New York at the following averages: In London at an average of. so 5-8 In Frankfort at an avenge of. 96 3 16 In Sew York at an average of 111)4 The average price of gold in New York being lor the week 111 45. These reduced to their equivalents in the gold currency of the United States, give, in London, 99.8 per cent; in Frankfort, 98.1 per, cent; ana m New York, 99.4 peueaUw toeir face value. It appears nttinthese figures that since the close of Johnson’s administration United States securities have increased about 11 per cent in value. . These figures, which have been drawn from cffldal source, prove incontestibly that the Administration has pursued a steady, straightforward course toward the objects which it set out to accomplish. There has been in all departments of the Government a vigorous effort to reform abuses, cot down expenses, revive the credit of the nation, by meeting all obligations that have honestly accrued against

the Government Never la any administration inaugurated -under so fraught with dlfßcultife*,' has so. much •olid work been accomplished. “During the rebellion extravagance ran wild, ana aconomygnade no progress In the administration of Johnson. It needed an iron

Will to carry out the programme of economy with which President Grant emered upon hie administration. That h£ tyui successfully moved on the works of extravagance which he found in his path, is amply proved by the facts and figures above given. Tn this he is only carrying out the avowed policy of the Republican party, jrhich, in the main, has worked for the best interests of the country, and of whose aid the country has need so long as there are in existence the vestiges of the party that tried to destroy the Union, or that is now trying to retard the prosperiSf of the country, and to destroy conflence in Republican institutions.—Chicago Republican.

NASBY.

[From the Toledo Blade.] HR. HABBY HAVING ADDBE6SED CIRCULARS TO THE DEMOCRACY OF THE VARIOUS STATES OF THE UNION, RECEIVES ANSWERS, WniCH IIE GIVES TO TII» WORLD. Mastxk's Oonwxiis, Mianuox Htodxrd, I I* TUX BTATX UV DXLAWABB, > September 1,1870. - t Bokb weeks sence I addrest a cirkler letter to a large number uv the leadin workin Democrats in the various States, ask in: 1. Wat is the prosper of the Dlmocriay uv yoor State ? 2. Success this fall jyood enshoor us success in the Presidenchal struggle uv 1873—wat important politikle changes do yoo expect in case we succeed f 8. Give, breefly, yoor idee uv the distinktive principles of the Dimocrisy, and wat we shel acltceve by success. To these cirklers I received a grate menny ansers, uv wich the followin is average samples:

FROM NEW YORK. We hope to succeed in cafryin the State, though emigr&shen htz fallen off, wich cuts down our vote somewhat. We shel hev to make up that deficiency by extrordinary repeetin. We want the Federal offiscs, for there aint enuff uv city and State poshens to go around. It is an alarmin fact that there is to day in the city uv Noo York twenty-one thousand Irish Democrats who hev neither a offls nor a contract, and some uv these hev bin here three years. We she] make the site here on the corupshen uv the Administration. In case we succeed in oustin the Ablishnists uv course either Ben or Fernandy Wood must hev the Treasury Department, and Tweed or Sweeney must be Collector, ez they hev at least a thousand each uv men who hev stood by em, to whom they hev promised places who hev never got nothing. We shk demand a distinktive change in the Pott Offlses, and the abrogathen ut everything done by the AUish nistt tenet 1861. FROM OHIO. We hope to succeed in Ohio. We shel make a fltc on the corrupshcn uv the Administrashen, and shel put onto the stump every one of Bukannan’s offls holders who hez escaped delirum tremens. We hope to hev rich men ez Vallandygum in the Senit uv the Yoonited States, in the place of Sherman, to make laws, and sicii a m an cz Breckenridgc in the Presidenshel chair to execoot em. Our distinktive principles is Post Offltet and the abrogathen uv etrylhing done by the Abltihnists sence 1861. FROM INGEANY. We hope to succeed in Ingeany. We yern to see sich a man ez Voorhcs in the place uv Morton, and we hev thousands uv Dimokrats wich did good servis ez Unites of the Golden Cirkle, who are langishin in obskoority. We want the Post offiscs, ancTwe pertikerly desire the abrogathen uv everything done by the Ablishnists sence mi.

FROM MIBSOURV. The Ablishnists ia an inkubus on us wich wc hope to remove this fall. The heft uv us wuz in Price’s army, but we demand the rite to vote and to hold Postoffices, and the reduckshcn uv the nigger to his normal speer; in short the abroga shun uv (rerilhir.g done by the AUishnists sence 1861. FROM KENTUCKY. We kin carry Kentucky and spare 10,000 voters to help Ingeany, for thank the Lord the nigger can't vote here. We insist on the restoration uv the patriarkle system uv slavery; we insist on the restorashun to us uv sich uv our niggers ez are livin, and payment with interest for sich ez are dead ; we insist also onto the repeal uv all the amendments bearin onto the nigger; in short we demand the Poet Ofiees and the abrogashen wo everything done by the AUifhnists sence 1861.., The Illinois Dimocrisy demanled ' Free Trade and the Post Offices, and the abrogashen uv everything done by the AUishnists fence 1861; the Pennsylvania Dimocrisy demanded a high pertective tariff, the Post Offices, and the abrogashen uv everything that had been done by the AUishnists sence 1861; Delaware said nuthin about tariff, but wuz unyceldin ia her demand for the Post Offices and the abrogashen uv everything done by the Ablishnists'sence 1861, and so likewise wuz the Noo England States. The Dimocrisy uv the other Southern States hed various pints of policy wich they difierd on much, but they all agreed fully on the two, namely: the Post Offices and the abrogashen of everything done by the AUishnists sence 1861. Wood, O, wood that wc cood Lev that success! Wood that I cood wunst more see the bar-room at Willard’s filled with Dimocratic members, a Dimocratic President.inthe White House, Dimocratic Contractors, Dimocratic Postmasters and Dimocrats in Custom Houses ! Wood that the good old times uv Floyd’ and Cobb, and Toucey cood come agin. With wat stern delitewe wood, if we hed a majority in Congress and a President who woodent veto our bills, go at the legislashen uv the last ten years, aiid wipe it all out at on; stroke. Oh wat a humiliashen ivjvood be to the Ablishnists to hev power put into our hands to rcbook em by undoin all their work! Will the people give us this power ? I hope and pray they may, for the Lord knows we want it bad enuff. Petroleum V. Nasby. (Wich wuz Postmaster)

Why Orchards Decay.

A correspondent of the Valley Farmer says orchards have died or become poor from these causes: , 1. The exhaustion of the soil from the constant crops of apples; from the blowing away by the wiDdof the leaves of the tree which nature designed to feed the soil on which the tree 6tands; by the crops of grass, grain, or roots constantly taken from the same ground and little return of substance to it. f 2. Another means of their destruction has been in whipping the trees with poles to remove the apples. And still another cause was the pasturage among them. 3. To restore them: —lf any were left worth restoring, man must cease to crop the ground under them, and must manure them with vegetable mold, denying leaves, limr, wood a-dies, and sail. A compost formed of these substances would !«• excellent': hr one formed by soeppudaand refuse Slops, chipdirt, turf, etc., well rotted. Then trim them of all dead those that cross and gall each other, and suckers that feed upon trunk or umbs, not necessary for a crop.

CURRENT ITEMS.

France has fifty newspapers. Damaged Garments—Libel suits. Do a LITTLE well and you do much. A Revolver well known before Colt’* —Tbs Barth. The Great Senses Taker—Brandy and water. A Boston lady’s pins, when she Is fully dressed, nuipber three hundred. A policy Issued by the Washington in 1861, for SIO,OOO, in 1866 had Increased to $11,152.70. The hoarding of coin by all classes in Central Europe is one of the marked events of the war. A little child died of hydrophobia recently, in Sheffield, England, from the bite of a donkey. Tbere is wealth enough in Boston to give, on an equal division, every man, woman and child SB,OOO each. A gentleman of Oswego, being saved from drowning, the other day, rewarded hit preserver with a flve-cent piece. The best birthday gift for your wife is a policy on your life in the Washington Luo, of New York. Douglas Jbrbold once said to a very thin man, “Sir, you are like a pin, but without the head or the point” It is reported that the New York Tribune is having Mr. Greeley’s old editorial manuscripts engraved as maps of the seat of war. • A provincial paper concludes a long obituiry with the following strange notification : “Several deaths are unavoidably deferred.”

Prussian recruits are all marked with indelible ink, so that they may be identified when they are brought home. A man in Bratt'.eboro, Vt., was recently fined (51 for intoxication and profanity, and the man who sold him the liquor paid a fine of (66. The ayerage pries of meat in Russia is about five cents a pound. Two hundred thousand tons of tallow aro yearly made there. Of the 220 convicts In the Alabama State Penitentiary, all except thirty-five are employed Throughout the State building railroads. A thirteen year old rattlesnake, 4 feet 3 inches long, was recently killed at Colchester, Conn., by a man aged 75 years. The snake measured 7 inches “ round the waist." A census taker in a town in Minnesota, at the solicitation of the people, wailed four hours before closing his lists for the birth of a babe. The census of the village was thereby increased from 429 to 430. For traveling on another man’s free pass on the Lebanon Valley, Pa., railroad, Lewis Snyder has been arrested and held in (3,000 bail to answer the charge of fraudulently uttering a railroad pass. At Oswego, a drunken man laid down to sleep, and was covered with several loads of hay, by a farmer who was building a stack. The hay smelled so bad the stock wouldn’t eat it, when it was moved and the sleeper found. Mr. Hart, who died a few days ago, in St. Louis, was worth one hundred thousand dollars, all of which was made in the oyster trade. His friends say that, fifteen years ago he began trade by purchasing two cans of oysters on credit. It is stated that during the last four teen years the New York and New Haven Railroad Company have carried over the line of their road more than twenty million passengers, without the loss of life or limb to a single passenger on their cars.

A Paris bookseller having applied to a Berlin publisher of lithographic prints for a great number of copies of the portraits of the more illustrious Prussian Generals, received the reply: “There are no copies left; we send you the originals." A horse in Willingford, Conn., the other day, while attempting to bite a fly on the ankle of one of his rear legs, drew the hoof into his mouth in such a manner that several hours were required to extricate it . In Elmira, the other day, a young lady was discovered who helped her mother at the housework. Within two weeks she had a dozen desirable offers of marriage, one of which she accepted. Elmira girls are all taking to helping their mothers. The London Times, feeling the pressure of the competition which has lately sprung up in journalism, has determined to recoive subscribers who may desire to get the paper by mail. During the last half century it has refused to take subscriptions. An Atlanta stove dealer offers a (75 stove to the young lady between thirteen and eighteen years of age, who shall, during the Georgia State Fair, best illustrate her knowledge of the use of such articles by cooking a dinner for six persons on the fair grounds. An insane man in Indiana, on his way to the asylum, attempted suicide by cutting his throat. Fatal consequences were prevented by the physicians, and the result is that the man has since been perfectly sane.;

A Vermont jury, trying an action where the plaintiff claimed damages against a neighbor for a bite by the latter’s dog, brought in the following verdict: “Twenty-live dollars damage to the plaintiff if nothing happens to him; and SSOO if lie has the hydrophobia.” A little girl being sent to the store to purchase s me dye stuff, and forgetting the name of the article, said to the clerk, “J ohn, what do folks dye with?” “Die with Y Why, cholera, sometimes,” replied John.- “Well,l believe that’s the name, I want three cents’ worth.” Eaton Rapids has a magnetic spring so charged with electricity that a man, after drinking a quantity of the water, went into a blacksmith shop, and, while talking with the blacksmith, sat down on the anvil. When he got up, the anvil stuck fast to him, and he had to, have it amputated.

An inventor, named Joel Strong, has just been before the courts of Cincinnati on a commission de lunatico, granted at the instance of his wife, who states that he claims to have invented a broom for sweeping the entire globe, through the a d of seven devils, by whom he believes himself to be lossessed.

A man recently paid tor an advertisement in the Springfield, 111., Register, offering a reward for the loss of his pocketbook and money. He had the same morning, for safety, transferred the pocket-book from his pocket to his trunk, Jut had forgotten the circumstance until after he had advertised his supposed loss. “Why, Bill, what’s the matter with youY You look down in the mouth.” “Well, Peter, I dare say, if you’d been through what I have, you’d look bad too.” “ What’s the matter Y” “ Well, you know Sarah Snivels, don’t you, Peter ?” “ Yes.” “ I discarded her last night.” “ You did! What for?’ “Well Issi tell you. She said ehe wouldn’t marry me, and I’d discard any girl that would treat me in that manner.” * + At the recent typist (ling match at Toledo, between Wall, of To ledo, and Barber, of Cincinnati, the trial commenced at 2 o’clock p. in., with nonpareil type. Wall set 4,288 ® mß ha two hours and forty minutes, while Barber set 4,064 ems. Commencing again at 8 o clock, with brevier type, during pne

hour Wall set 1,600 ems, and Barber 1,468 ems. Wall was declared iflnner by 416 •mi. Said Lady Franklin to Mrs. Grant, " Sir John Is older than I, and I am near my end. He could not have lived In those frigid regions until now. , The mystlo Northwest Passage will be his monument. Everywhere, during my American tour, your people have showered me with kindness, and I will return to old England, like Lafayette, with recollections only of s nation's benedictions.” A Boston clergyman who Is fond of dogs, bought a couple of pups of rare breed, while on a visit to New York, and left them with a dog-fancier to train. Or returning home one day, he fonnd his wife, abetted by her mother, about to quit his house and apply for a divorce, on the basis of the following telegram from the dcg-fancier. which had come for him a few hours before: “The little darlings are doing welL and looking lovely. Send money for their board.” Four men have lately been driving quite a profitable trade in horse-flesh throughout the State of Ohio. Two of them go in advance with a horse and Sy, sell the horse, purchase a less y one, and start for the next town. On the following day, the other two arrive in hot haste, inquire for the two that have left, learn that they had sold a horse, claim it as theirs, gain possession of the animal, and start off to practice the same swindle elsewhere.

A thief was once collared by a gentleman, who found him in the back draw-ing-room ; and Buttons went at once for a policeman. “ You ought to be grateful to me,” said the prig, “instead of nnging on to me like this ’ere. I only come in to tell you the front dooy was hopen, and I was afeared you’d git robbed.” “ Excellent reasoning, indeed, my friend,” said the householder, “ but on wrong premises, I fancy.” .. .. ... 1'". . •.. . . L . As Mr. Barrett, of Providence, R. 1., a 'laboring man, was walking the street, he saw what looked like an old piece of leather or boot, and he gave it a turn with his foot; it proved to be a pocketbook containing, greenbacks and other papers to the value of three thousand dollars. He ascertained the owner’s name bj the papers, and consulted the City Directory, found where the owner resided, and returned it to him. The owner was very thankful; he told Mr. Barrett he was an honest man, and God would reward him for his honesty. Abernbthy being called to a patient who fancied himself very ill, told him ingeniously what he thought, and declined prescribing, thinking it unnecessary. ‘ Now you are here,” said-the patient, “ I shall be obliged to you, Mr. Abernethy, if you will tell me how I must live —what I may eat, and what not.” “My directions as to that point,” said the physician, who abominated this sort of question, will be few and simple. You must not eat the poker, shovel nor tongs, for they are hard of ; nor the bellows, because they arß windy; but anything else you please.” An ingenious resident of Allandale, Canada, who had a valuable horse stolen from his stable some weeks since, recently advertised for 20,000 horse* for the Prussian army. He stated in the advertisement that no stolen horses would be purchased, and at the same time gave a minute description of the animal he had lost. In a few days he received a telegram from Bradford, and on going there found his steed in possession of a gentloman named Wilson. The thief was arrested on the same day, and the buying for the Prussians was immediately discontinued.

Treatment of Colts.

We are in constant danger of harming our horses in our colts. A colt is tender ; it is not yet grown, but growing, and its bones are not in that solid, strong condition which we find in a mature horse. Hence there is a chance of bending or permanent malformation. Hard labor, before maturity, is one of these causes, and a prolific one; horses will be bent, crippled; their bones are not in their proper, natural shape. The ligaments in consequence are also out of place; and sometimes by hard straining are so far dis torted or prevented from firmly holding the bone, that there will be a permanent loss in the capacity of the animal. Muscles are overstrained, and will become indurated, stiffened, and they will never acquire the use they would have had had the proper treatment been given. We thus hurt our colts, because they are tender ; we form them, but we malformthem. A colt should not be worked hard until it is five years of age. The bones are then hard, and the ligaments in their place and firm. But there should be some exercise, This will strengthen and enlarge the muscles; in a word, develop the animal. Kind handling and moderate exercise from birth up to maturity, with discrimination in treatment, make your horse, and make him a good one, ii he is not hereditarily dwarfed and vicious, Abuse and hap hazard treatment will lessen what good qualities he may have inherited.

Over-feeding with any kind of food, particularly with grain, is one oi the worst evils that can befall a colt. What he wants is growth, not fat, not mettle, artificially infused or awakened. Thi3 is a premature call on the future strength, lessening the capacity for that strength. Good, tender hay and grass are the feed, winter and summer, for a colt, varied a little if desired, but not with grain. A little corn or barley may be given where the hay is poor, over-ripened or ill-cured. Thus a colt should grow, reserving its strength—and grow into tractability as well, the whole thing beiDg carried on, growth and tuition, till at the proper age you have a horse in limb and in training. You then stand a chance to have a sound horse—a well-developed, kind and tractable one that you can rely upon. And this treatment (kindness ana care) is to be continued. At six and seven, and thence for many years, your horse will be a serviceable animal, an instrument trained to order; and you are the one that should drive him and keep him; no one will get the good out of him that you will And his will last half as long as you will, beginning your career at manhood. But never over feed, never over-do, never abuse because you may be passionate, never over-heat, nor expose to the cold after heating.? and keep out of the cold rains. Treat well, but do not pamper; treat as a horse, with strength yet kindness.

As we have said, the food should be simple—good, clean hay, not over ripe—not ripe at all, save now and then a little given for a change. This with oats and occasional bran mashes, with a little cropping of grass in summer, is all your horse needs, is the best you can give him. Then treat well; use the currycomb and blanket when sweaty, and pat in thq stable: hare a soft bed for his feet, and for his body to lie on. Then you will have what you will be proud of; what you will have an affection for—what you have had all along, or you would net have succeeded as you did in bringing up and maturing such a good horse, and one that is a member of the family at the barn, where your thoughts often sre—where you will often go to visit what ia a reliance on the farm, ami such a good, fitauncli, kind, contimi ous one. if the food is simple, the treatment should be the same; this will avoid confusion. Never contradict yourself to your horse; use decision at all times; let him

know that you are matter, but a kind matter, who will not hurt him if he la obeyed, and he will obey—he will be glad to obey. And thui he should grow Into this treatment and up with It, making it aa it were, second nature to him. He will then never forget it; Indeed, It will be dlffloult to break him of it We tee this In the few instances of thorough culture In the Arabian horse in his own native land, where he is taught and handled constantly from his youth up. He will then know no other way but to be tractable. You can thus treat your horse aa you want him—adapt him to your purposes If you arc Intelligent withal, and accustomed to horse flesh, the way will be easy; you will get a serviceable animal, not only for yourself but for any one—a horse that will sell at any time and command a full pile c.—Country Gentleman.

Short Fodder—Wintering Stock.

Many formers who have hitherto had an abundant supply of winter fodder, will this season be compelled to resort to unusual means to carry their stock through. Some will perhaps seek relief by rsduc ing the stock to the amount of their feed; but nothing but extreme necessity should induce any one to resort to this course: for at such times, small prices are realized from forced sales; when the pinch is over, a reaction seta in, and they can only bo replaced at much higher rates. Neither is it good policy to attempt to carry stock through on short allowanoe; for scanty feed impairs the constitution, and destroys the vitality, and the loss thus incurred if repaired at all, will be done at a much greater expense than it would have required to have furnished the proper amout of food at the first Even a small outlay for fodder, in these hard times, will be regarded by those who usually raise their own as a burdensome and most aggravating expenditure; but we feel confident that those who have not more stock on hand than they can keep in seasons of average yield, will find it for their interest to buy the extra fodder necessary. No doubt running into debt should be avoided, as a general rule, but regarding as profitable in itself and likely to be more so, and that it is the main element of success in other branches of agriculture, we think the farmer who is short, will be warranted even m incurring the burden of debt if necessary to carry his stock through, rather than to sell, or try to keep it on short allowance. A more economical use of the fodder usually grown will help out the season and lessen the amout of extra expenditure, and here economy does not mean parsimony. Peed freely; give as much as the animal needs, but see to it that what is given is eaten, so that none may go to waste. Again a little extra care in preparation will add materially to the value of a given amount of food. Hay cut, moistened and mixed with bran or meal, will go much further than the same .amount fed in the usual way. Steaming food is perhaps the most economical way to prepare it, and we think that when an extra supply of food has to be bought, that if enough is saved out to purchase' the necessary steaming apparatus, the stock will not only be easily wintered on the balance, but the farmers who use it will thereby be led to adopt It as a system and derive advantage from an increased value of the stock, and an annual saving in the amount of material consumed.— Western Farmer.

Statistics of Life.

The yearly mortality of the globe Is 83,333,333 persons. This is at the rate of 91,554 per day, 3,730 per hour, 62 per minute. Each pulsation of the heart marks the decease of some human creature. The average of human life is 33 years. One fourth of the population die at or before the age of seven years. One-half at or before 17 years. Among 10,000 persons, one arrives at the age of 100 years, one in 500 attains the age of 90, and one in 100 lives to the age of CO. —~ *- Married men live longer than single men. In 1,000 persons, 95 marry, and more msrriages occur in June and December than in any other month of the year. One-eighth of the whole population is military. Professions exercise a great influence on longevity. In 1,000 individuals who arrive at the age of seventy years, fortythree are clergymen, orators, or public speakers, forty are agriculturists, thirtythree are workmen, thirty-two are soldiers or military employes, twenty nine advocates or engineers, twenty-seven professors, and twenty-four doctors.— Good Health.

KIT The Newark Courier says that its advices from all sections of New Jersey, and a careful survey of the political field from its standpoint, give assurances of a Republican success in that State this fall. JBg” The Humboldt (Nev.) Register, for many years a strong advocate of Democratic principles, has come out for the Republican party. Every Saturday.— Chapters twentyone and twenty-two of “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” arc given in No. 36, September 3. The illustrations are: Portrait of Baron Von Moltke, Chief of the Staff to the Prussian army; Toilers of the Sea ; Arrest of as Artist at Nancy; Amateur Inspection of s Soldier; In the Adirondacks —three views; The Zouave’s Last Will and Testament; Chicago Prison; Sketches in Paris; Parisian Soldiers. Fields, Ossood A Co., Boston. See advertisement, in another colnmn, of the Mount Auburn Young Ladies’ Institute. Allen’s Lung Balsam canses the inngs to throw off the matter that is collected over the alr-colls, and makes the patient breathe more' freely and purifies the blood, gives strength to tha body, and tone to the digestive organs, heals tha irritated parts, and gives Ufa and health to the system. For sale by all amgglsts.

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Spice is va'uable in a newspaper, and it is there - fore proposed in this advertisement to condense a variety of facts, important to the public, into a small compass. These facts refer to Hostetler's Stomach Bitters—what that celebrated medicine is, and what it wiil do. In the first place, then, the article la a stimulant, tonic and alterative, consisting df a combination of an absolntely pure spirituous agent with the most valuable medicinal vegetable snbstances that Botanic research has placid at the disposal of the chemist and the physician. These ingredients are compounded with great care, and 1n such proportions as to produce a, preparation which invigorates without exciting the general system, and tones, regulates and controls the stomach, the bowels, the liver and the minor secretive organs. What this great rOßtorailve will do must be gathered from what it has done. The case of dys pepsia, or any other form cf indigestion, In which it nas been persistently administered without effecting a radical cure is yet to be heard from, and the same may he said of hlilons disorders, intermittent fever, nervous affections, general debility, constipation, sick headache, mental despondency, and the peculiar complaints and disabilities to which the feeble are so subject. It purifies all the fluids of the body, including the blood, snd the gentle etlmulus which it Imparts to the nervous system is not succeeded by the slightest reaction. This la a chapter of facts which readers, for their own sakes, should mark and remeAber. Dlsslpat lon shd Late Honrs. After the festal night comes the miser able next morning, with its headache, Its qualms, its gloomy reflections. Business must be attended to; but netthar mind nor body is Ut for business. What is to he done? How sire the energies of tbe system to be worked np, and Its reaeryea of vltMltr to Ire brought ont? Bow la Uie clouded brain to be cleared ?-(he languid and relaxed frame braced nn for action? Under such circumstance*, a single wine-glassfbl of Plantation Bit•txkh will bring about an immediate and beneficial change, and a hcalthfnl glow will be dimmed through the whole organ izstlon By the tonic operation of this wholesome cordial. _ B«a Moss Fabine, made from Pure Irish Moss. It considered by all who have used it to be a most doUSUtftU, healthful and economical food.

I* yoa «• m* M wen ram* (or a Meter, M Mil* upon yon, loots wua, scrawl* toms bleroglrptios upon a dims «f mm which to* take to s drug store and than payßOamtatofl-Oii, bssldst Uia distort Its, tor a remedy nine Urns* oat ot ten not half to good t* Dr. Moatfl Umax Boot Pm*, which coat bat * cents par box. Do yon think tko tanner the best, becauas yon pay OU moot (Dr It T Uyun dp, vre sdvits yon to ttssUsM at in experiment, the Momsa’t lanuM Boot Film, nay are prepared from a ibrmnla pro nonneed by the mom 1 tamed physicians ot oni errantry, to bo the bast and moat anlversst of lamUy medietas*. The Komar* Inputs Hoot Pill* care llttdacht, Uvar complaints, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Female Irregularities, Ac., and are put ap both sugar-costcd and plain. Give them a trial, ■old by all dealers.

The Most Popular Medicine Extant. 18401 Thirty fears <lBlO Bines the Introduction ot PERRY DAVIS’ PAIN KILLER. Thirty rear, it ha* been before the public, and In that time has become known in all part* of the world, and been u»«l by people of all naUons. It remains, to-day, that same food and efficient remedy. Its wonderful power In relieving the meat severe paint has never been equaled, and It baa earned Its world wide popularity by Its Intrinsic merit No earstlve tfentbss nad so widespread sale or given each universal satisfaction. Directions accompany oath bottle. J. N. HARRIS & CO., Bole Proprietors, Cindntiatl, Ohio. •old by all PrsathM, SOMETHING NEW! Will all those Afflicted With Gough or Consumption KeaTthe following and learn the value of A JLb Ij UN’S LUNG BALSAM. DR. LLOYD, of Ohio, Snrgeon In the army daring the war, from exposure, contracted consumption. He rays: “I have no nesltancy In stating that ltwas by the nee of your LUNG BALSAM that X am now alive and entoylng health." DR. FLETCHER, of Missouri, says: “ recommend jour BALSAM In preference to any other medicine lor Coughs, and it gives satisfaction. ALLEN’S LUNG BALSAM It the remedy to cure all Lung and Throat difficulties. It ehoulil be thoroughly tested before using any oilier Balsam. It will cure when aU others fail. Directions accompany each bottle. J. V HARRIS A CO., Bole Proprietors, Cincinnati, Ohio. tarsOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS, THE MT. AUBURN YOUNG LADIES’ INSTITUTE ILiuj a beautiful and convenient location upon the eminence from which it takes its name. Its course of instruction runs through three departments of four years each. Peculiar f.dvantages are offered youug ladles who have already taken the ordinary English studies. The best of instruction is jilven In music. drawing and painting, modern languages and other extras. Apparatus is furnished for every department. Libraries containing several thousand volumes of standard. bO' ks are always accessible. For catalogues or further Information address I. H. WHITE, Treasurer, No. 143 Kace Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. ran. ENOCH MORGAN'S SONS’ m Is Better ani Cheaper than Soap. TRY IT. Wholesale In CmcAco and St. Louis. BY DRUGGISTS AND GROCERS.

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A Pliyslclnn Wrltesi “I would not hesitate to recoinmed Hoff’s Malt Extract In nea-iy all such cases of Local or (lencral Debility where we usually prescribe milk punch, egg nogg, different sangareee, Hr., and In some cases, In the hands of a Judlcfonspliyslclan.lt might even akswib a bktt.h purpose than the impbopib use of tbe different PREPARATIONS OF IRON, OB THE BARK, StC." SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS AND GROCERS, TARR ANT A CO , it7B Greenwich «r., N.Y„ Bole Agents for United States, etc. North' Louisiana Labor Agency. T A BORERS WANTED todolarm work from JU Ist ol October till Ist of Mtfroh Good wages and comfortable quarters, and bedJtliy location. Iteiezences given. Agents wanted. Correspondence solicited. Address NORTH LA. LABOR AGBNCY, Lake Providence, La. Railroad Gazette. The Railroad Man’s Paper An Illustrated Weekly Quarto Journal, of Twenty-Four Page?, Devoted to "1 Kews and Imw. Operations, J I Engineering. f Mechanics. A A.AJ* ! Policy. “ ” j Advertising. TERMS: $3 per Annum; Single Copies, 10 cents. A. N. KELLOGG, Publisher. 101 Washington St., Chicago. ASK FOR THK «* ORIENT ” FLAVORING KITRACTS—The Purest and Best in use. L. J. RITZ A CO.. Ml State-st„ Chicago.

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This is NO PATENT: MEDICINE HUMBUG, gotten np to dupe the Ignorant and credulous, nor is It represented as being “composed of rare and precious substances brought, from the four corners of the earth, carried seven times across the Great Desert of Saharan on tire backs ol fourteen camels, and brought across the Ailantlc Ocean on two ships." It Is a simple, mild, soothing Remedy, a petted Specific lor Catahuh and "I.'old in the Head," also for offensive Breath. Loss or Im palrmcnt of the sense of Smell, Taste or Hearing. Watering or Weak Eyes, Pain or pressure in the Head, when caused, as they all not untrcqttently are, try the viplenoe ol Catarrh. I offer. In good faith, s standing reward |SCO for a case or Catarrh that I cannot cure. FOR SALE HY MOST DUGGIBTB EVERYWHERE. Price 50 Cents; Sent by matt, post-paid, on receipt of Sixty Cents. Four pack ages forTJ.OO or 1 Dozen for »5.00. send t two cent stamp for Dr. Sage’s pamphlet on Catarrh. Address the proprietor, B.V. PIERCE, M.P., Buffalo, N. T. BBIIQQIIIII'Q cider Vinegar, celebrated for rilUvvflVti W Its purity, strength, and palate bleness. Wan anted topreserve pickles. First premium awarded at the U. B. Fair, the lllttioU State Fair, and Chicago City Fair. Largest works of the kind in the United States, established 1818. CHAS. G. eTpKUSSQTG, U 3» and Ml Btalest, Chicago, W Ask your grocer tor Pressing's Vinegar PATENTS! InVenlors who wlsli to take out Letter* ratcnl are advised to connsel with MUNN A CO., editors ol the Scientific American, who have prosecuted claims he tore the Patent Office tor over Twenty year*. Their American and European Patent Agency Is the nioet extensive In tha world. Chargee less thsn nny other reliable agency- A pamphlet containing full 1 instructions to Inventors la sent gratis. 3MTCT3Sr*a- SB CO., »T Park Row. New York.

ABRHT MEDICAL DISCOVER! Dr. WALKER'S CALIFORNIA /, YINEGAE BITTERS ii Hundrkda of Xhounands 8% * ** ri r. m c»v.TL w u oB " N iff |s a WHAT ARE THEY? 3 ? $ 11 Ii |*J / \ ft! li/ £| \ f 53 • - s:-f Jh m W sf: m wjmF its Esf THEY ARE NOT A VILE ||l *IIf ANCY DRINK,if? Msde of Poor Rum, Whiskey, Proof Spirt.n nod Refuse I.lquors doctored, spiced andaweotenedto please the taste, called "Tonic.,”" Appetizers," “ Restorers," Ac., that lead the tippler on to drunkennesa and ruin, but are a true Medicine, made from the Native Roots and Herbs of Callfornln.freo from all Alcoholic Stimulants. They arc tko GREAT It 1,01) I) PURIFIER and A LIF; 1 ! GIVING PRINCIPLE a perfect Renovator-nd Invlgorator of the System, carrying off all poleon"-,-* matter and restoring the blood to a healthy condltl .!. No person cau take these Bitters according to d!. -5tlon and remain long unwell. EIUO will be given for an Incurable case, provided the bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point of repair. For Inflammatory and Chronic Eheumntism and Goat, Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. ISilious,Remittent and Intermittent Fevers Diseases of the niood, I.lvcr, Kidneys an ' Bladder i these Bitters have been most sncce---ful. Such Diseases are caused by Vltiut ' Blood .which Is generally produced by deraugemt ut of the Digestive Organs. DYSPEPSIA OR INDIGESTION, Hoad ache, Vain In the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of t no Chest, Dizziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Bad taste In the Mouth, Bllloua Attacks, ralpitatiou of the Heart, Inflammation ot tho Lungs, Vain In the regions of the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms, are the offsprings of Dyspepsia. They Invigorate the stomach, and stimulate tho ton phi liver and bowels, which render them of unequalloefflcacy In eloansing tho blood of all impurities, and Imparting new life and vigor to the whole system. FO R SKIN JJI SEA SES, Eruptions,Tetter, Salt Khucm, Blotches, Spots, Vt tuples, Vustules, Bolls, Carhunoles, Ring-Worms, Scald Head, Sore Eycs.Eryslp- . elas, I tell. Scarfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humors and Diseases of tho Bkln, of whatever name or nature are literally d ug up and carried out of the system In a short time by the use of these Bitters. Oho bottle ill such cases will convince thoraost Incredulousofthelr curative effect. . v . . . . Clconso the Vitiated Blood whenever you And !ta Impurities bursting throuflh the skin lnPtmpleß,E"nptlons or sores ; cleanse It whcifyou find It obstructed and sluggish In the veins; cleanse It when It Is foul, and your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blcou pure and the health of the system will follow. PIN, TAPE and other WORMS, lurktngln tllo system of so many thousands, arc effectually destroyed and removed. For full directions, read careft-.:’-tho circular around each bottle, printed In four languages—English, German, French and Spanish.. J. WALKER, Proprietor. R. H. MCDONALD A- fJC, Druggists and Gen. Agents, Ban Francisco, ©aland 32 and 34 Commerce Street, New York, rsv- SOLD BY ALL DRt'O.GtSTS ANPTIKAI.EDit. Fever and Ague ANTIDOTE Always Stops Ihc Chills. This Medicine Las been boforo the Public fifteen years, and is still ahead of all other known remedies. It does not purge, does not sicken tho stomach, fa perfectly safe in any doso and under all circumstances, and is tho only Medicine that will CURE IMMEDIATELY and permanently every form of Fever and Aguo, because it id a perfect Anti« dote to Malaria* Bold by all Druggfats.

BLOOMINGTON NURSERY. 600 Acres. 10th Year. 10 Greenhounm. Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Nursery Stock, Ever: greeLS, Kootgraits, Hedge Plants, Tulips, Hyacinths. Crocus, Lillee, Colored Fruit and Flower Plates. All at Wholesale and Retail. Send 10 eta. lor Catalogues. F. K. PHOSNIX, Bloomington. 111. You Want It! Everybody Wants It I Tk St. Louis lose Journal Should ho Is every bally Is the North, West and South. It Is equally as good as Eastern papers, and Cheaper.—Only $2.50 per year. Hlhs Proprl store are offering great indwenrats to Clots tod 1 Csovsssen. Bond for spooiajn copy with Indaeomssti to Cluti and Cuvaisors. to SHEFFIELD A STONE, 421 Norte Sixth Siam, St. Louis, Mo. BITCtIT nermr Psmphletsol Instruction rA I til I urrlbt. sent free on application to Farwcll, Ellsworth ft Co.. 133 Dearborns'., Chicago. ITenlfh'M Foaming Elixir. The volatllo principle of the Seltzer Spa Water Is lo«t In crossing tho Atlantic It reaches this country “ stale, flat, and unprofitable." But in Tarrant's Kffrbvrsoent Beltzee Aperient, this matchless natural remedy tor dyspepsia, billonsnt ss and constipation, is reproduced In all the sanitary perfection of the original Bpa ns freshly drawn and drank foaming at the fountain side. It requires bnt an Instant to Improvise the delusions draught, and for all the disorders of the stomach, bowels and Tlver.nrevalont at ibis season. It Is-in the opinion of our ablest plijsiclans-a sale and admirable specific. I|Y pBTJGOIB j B . A GENTM make great profits selling the Farmersnml Mechanics’ BooTt (311 Engravings) and Dr. Beard’s Home Plivsician, a Handy Book of Family Modlclue. 1 w. T. KEENER. Pub., 131 Madison Bt., Chicago, in. TKB Weed Family Favorite A§ now perfected and mannfectared by tbe Weed B.M* Co., of Hartford, Is tbe beet and moat reliable FAMILY SEWING MACHINE For all kinds of family work in use. Responsible Agents wanted In every county. A liberal mjeotuatjo the trade. Bend for price Ust and terms to GEO. C. TfiOM AB, »l Lake-st., Chicago, Agent for the Northwest state where you dee tMssdvartlaement. , FEVER A»l> DANBIBKH’B VEGETABLE FEVER POWDERS. A safe remedy. Effectually cures all eases witMß two - re-four hour*. 81 per box. Address the proprietor, J PANBIGKR, 11 Liberty Btreet.NoW x Hal the Heat, lYlslusied, OonulEW CONCORD HARNESS. All ktndfl and deecrlptlons constantly bi.W* l !" made to order, from the Uglitaat UnuLf act Team Harm**, and In every variety style or mounting. None genuine unless stomped with onr name and trade mark, l’r'ce lbJtßan'icjrcntsi* on application. Address JAMES H. HII.J. •CO.s Concord, N. H., Bole Proprietors and only Makera. llvTO^^raSn/fer^