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THE CHANGE* OF TIME.
BY MISS NETTIE FEKUtJSON.
Who or wlmt can defy the
changes of time? None, cm
plmtically none. It is not
man, with all hie powers; ho
changes; time, with ever mo
ving chariot, makes deep fur
rows upon his brow, and
care writes her deep impress
on each lineament of his face
and thus ho is chan >ed. Time
renders the once muscular
arm powerless, bows (lieform
that once stood erect in the
proud consciousness of bis
strength and vigor, paralyzes
the voice that once made the
welkin ring with its thunder
tones of eloquence, dims the
eye that sparkled so brightly
with hope and love.
Once 1 saw one fair and
good. To my enraptured
fancy, the being appeared as
oue of ihose bright dwellers
in the far olf spheres, hav
ing descended to earth, to
remain unchanged by time
and undiminished by care.
A short, time elapsed, and
again this vision of loveli
ness crossed my path—but
oli, how changed! No longer
did the bright eye rival the
diamond, or the lip, the ru
by. The light, elastic step
was no more to bo heard;
sickness had invaded thetair
temple; disease had laid its
blighting, withering hand
upon him, and he was seen to
pass away, leaving but few
traces of bis existence. But
it is not alone on individuals
that time exerts its power.
Empires, kingdoms and na
tions feel its effects. It
sweeps on in its rapid flight,
changing them, and bringing
them beneath its triumphant
ear leaving no trace of their
existence, save the decaying
remains of their regal pala
ces and ''ruined halls—their
triumphant arehesovergrown i
with ivy,their lofry colonadcs
wreathed with moss — true
witnesses (f Tin e’s scathing
hand. Why t hen do we seek
to rear a fabric which, in a
few short years at most, will
he a mouldenng nun, a tit
habitation for the owl and
the bittern ? Is it not ambi
tion, the passion “nursed in
human gore,” that prompts
to the performance of such
things? Or it may he vani
ty; the desire that some, in
coming years, may pass the
edifice and gaze on it with
admiration, and regard it as
the monument of greatness
and power m one «t oilier
days. Pause! Think ere you
commence it that when it is
completed the body now so
strong will he in the silent
grave, meet food for the earth
worm now so loathsome to
thv sight; and that thv soul
will have ascended to its Ma
ker, to render an account of
the deeds done in the body.
The heart that now beats so
quickly with hope and joy,
that is so keenly alive to ev
ery emotion, will have ceased
its pulsations. Never again
will thy pulse bound at the
praise of men. The breath
of oarthly applause cannot
reach thee in the land of the
dreamless sleep. Why, then
attempt this 1 Even while we
live, the praise of men satis
fit s not the aspirations of the
soul; its nature requires some
thing more divine, more ex
alted. All attempts to feed
it upon dust and ashes have
been futile. Then, do not
longer confine the aspirations
of your immortal spirits to
the evanescent things of this
earth. Seek to make your
own heart a fit temple fbr
the indwelling of the Holy
Spirit. Mould and guide
your thoughts aright, that,
you may regain the image of
your Creator, .lost by sin anti
disobedience. The world
contains sufficient monu
ments of decayed grandeur,
, wasted wealth and strength.
You need not add to the list,
for ruins are so numerous
that the world appears to be
but one vast stage upon which
to exhibit overthrows and
downfalls. Soon will the
thriving villages and popu
lous cities of our fair and
happy land be added to the
' number that poiv dock, the
crown of old Time; and the
places’ where they noH statld
will retain scarce a vestige of
their present prosperity.
This will he soon, sooner far
than any of us realize; it
may be before all the present.
! generation will liavo passed
|away—ere they lay off the
bimte.n of life and sleep be
! Death the clod of the valley,
I enshrouded in the winding
sheet, md clasped closely in
| death’s co!d, iion embrace.
Far he it from me to discour
age the spirit of enterprise
and improvement. 1 would
say, go on; raise the stand
sml higher; lot vonr motto
he “Kxcelsior;” But I wo’d
have that spirit directed by
\ betTer ends, aims more betit
!ting a being possessed of
j man’s capabilities. But we
wander from the subject.—
i Every one may cast bis eyes
' around him and see the chan
ges time lias made and even
I now is making. We see be
i fore us now, one who, per
jbaps, a few months since was
the idol of a fond mother’s
I heart, the pride of a sister’s
I love, arid in whom was cen
tered many fond hopes. But
these, alas! are blasted. With
ered are they. He was then
in all the glow of life and
health; beauty and strength
were his. ' But now he is
changed. The quick and
bounding step of manhood
is exchanged lbr the measur
ed tread of age. If these
changes effected only the
physical system, they would
not he so distressing, but
mind, the immortal part, is
made to suffer. Thought has
lost its elasticity; no longer
rushing through the mind
with such rapidity, nor vent
ing itself in brilliant lan
guage, clothed, as it were, m
words of fire; but it partakes
of that feebleness winch char
acterizes the bodv; the eve
has lost itsoeriistoincd bright
ness, no longer flashing like
vivid lightning, the cheek its
youthful glow. The fresh*',
ness of young life has faded
and gone. All things beto
ken thajtTime has pissed by
with his scathing blast and
deprived him of his power
and strength. The changes
of mind and body are not
the ov.lv ones effected by
time; but theheart, that foun
tain from whence are the is-!
sues of life, the true source
of joy and sorrow, changes
perhaps more rapidly than
any other portion of onr na
ture. Its hopes may lie with
ered, its day star he fled, and
life itself be changed to very
bitterness. Long ere youth
be passed, they may feel that
nothing can bind them to
earth; that all the chords of
affection are riven; and there
is nothing wherennto they
may find their hearts, or
around which to clasp love’s
tendrils; and the heart round
which hope’s bright hues so
lately clung, is now hung
with the drapery of despair.
Mutation is written upon ev
erything of earth. The flow
ers bloom, fade and die. The
i loftv sons of the forest, tho’
they long defy the stormy
blast, atlastsubmlt and crunt
bio to earth. The towering
mountains whose tops reach
apparently to the skies, grad
ually pass away. Kingdoms
and people rise, and exert a
j vast influence on the desti
j ny of others; but soon thev
i are not known. Amidst all
jtliis ehange and vicissitude,
'there is scirieMiing *0 which
jwe can turn assured that
there is no ehange; it is the
; character of God as He is re
vealed by the sirre and uner
ring light of revelation.—
How often, when sickened
! by the changes of this state
of existence, do we turn to
God, fully knowing that with
Him there is ho variableness?
The changes of time may
| Wing sorrow to our hearts,
yet that sorrow brings with
jit hope that/ soon the last
change will take place and
j we will be released from its
j trials. We may draw in
; struetion from' all things,
'and this mutability iadesign
ed t) teach Us that earth is
not titled for our abiding
place, to wean oar affections
i
-- » - • »* * i f- it *
fioui earth, and place them
upon things above, and.TO
ini pi ess de eply on our in'rnds
the blighting, file devasta
ting anil soui-destvoying na
tur<‘ of sin.
Near lieunregard, Aug. ’75.
ADDRESS tSTtHR PEO
PLE OF MISSISSIPPI.
JAGKSON; AllgLsf 15,1875.
FeLlow-Citizens :—
The State Con vent ion of Do
moorats and Conservatives
which assembled in this city
on the 3d insf,constituted the
undersigned members of the
State F^contive Committee,
and thereby devolved upon us
the general management of
the pending political cam
paign.
Our own feelings a id sengp
of duty, not less than custom,
prompt the issuance of an ad
dress calling your attention
to the importance of the ap
pleaching eleciion, and urg
ing you to the most active ex
eruons ro ensure success.
Whether we survey the field
of State or of national poli
tics there is much to cheer
our hopes, and to give prom
ise of the dawn of more aus
picious days.
'We hail the advent to power
of a Democratic Congress,for
tiie first time in fifteen years,
as a pledge to the nation that
the shameless disregard of the
right ofloeal self-government
and the hold usurpations of
power which have marked
the recent history of public
affairs, shall have an end.*—
We feel assured the promo
tion of party schemes will no
longer be regarded as afford
ing sufficient warrant for the
enactment of any measures
howyver arbitral*},or however
violative of the letter or spirit
of the Constitution. With
profound thankfulness were
cognize the fact that the dav
has gone by for the passage of
Enforcement Acts, and for
suspensions of the Writ of
Habeas Corpus in time of
peace; and we believe that
hereafter the building up and
tearing down of State govern
ments bv Presidential orCon
grcssiona! actionVivill bo uni
versally regarded as destruc
tive of that right of local self
government, which is the.
foundation stone of Amci ioan
liberty . The dispersing of
State Legislatures by federal
bayonets, the wicked and ca
lumnious brandingof the peo
ple of three States as outlaws
and banditti by a military of
ficer, in an official communi
cation, the suggestion that
these people be dealt with by
courts-martial in time ofpro
found peace, will, we are per
suaded, arouse the apprehen
sion and call forth the indig
nant protest of the represen
tatives of a people devoted to
constitutional liberty.
Prom the passions of the
war purposely playel upon
and kept alive by the party in
power, it is pleasing to turn
to the indications of return
ing good will between the sec
tions everywhere so abuud
aut and so cordial. The peo
ple of Mississippi gladly wel
come and heartily reciprocate
these manifestations of patri
otism and fraternal love, and
they view with pleasure the
prospect that the Presidential
contest of the Centennial yeai
will be crowned with the tii
umpli of a candidate whose
election shall put an end to
sectional ill-will and distrust
at the North,and to the dom
ination of ignorance and race
hatred at the South.
Preparatory to that great
struggle, it. becomes us to ad
dress pm selves to the task of
shaking off in Mississippi a
lodal wlmfre^hia-r,
tory hag brought the blush of,
shame to the cheeks of Nor
thern republicans, and which
in connection w ith its kind
red governments at the South,
has done'much to overthrow
the republican party of the
nation. Indeed nothing but
the passions and prejudices
grooving out of a civil war
could so long have blinded
the American people to tbo
true character of the gro
tesque caricature on govern
ment which have afflicted
these Southern States,
; A glance at the ectiditioft
of affairs in our own State
j will serve as a sample of the
whole:
In the Chief Executive
chair we liafo an alien and
advenfurey,whose only inter
est in the State is in tliQoffice
which lie now holds, and the
| others which he is scheming
to obtain, and whose habitual
! and contemptuous disregard
' of our constitution and la\t|
' is only equalled by his ignor
ance of the elementary prirt
' ciples of c|vil government.—^
' Accusations of a much dark
er nature are brought against
Inlii by members of bis own
| party. A prominent and in
fluential republican, high hi
i the counsels and confidence
of bis party has not hesitated
to charge him with complici
Jtv m the sanguinary riot
; which a few months ago star
tied the nation,and drenched
the streets of Vicksburg with
blood. This gentleman has
declared in public speeches
! upon republican authority
deemed reliable by him, that
the Governor of the State in
defiance of the earnest pro
tests of'h'is Attorney General,
issued the reckless and wick
ed orders which precipitated
that unhappy conflict, and
that he justified his action by
the remark made at the time,
that “the blood of twenty-five
or thirty negroes slain at
Vicksburg would benefit the
republican party in the State.”
To add a darker shade to bis
guilt (if guilty he bo) be sub
sequently attempted in his
testimony before a Congres
sional Committee to cast up
on the white men of Warren
county the responsibility for
the blood that was shed on
that unhappy occasion. No
blacker or more damning
crime than this has been laid
at the door of a Chief Magias j
tratc since Nero tired Impel]
rial Home, and charged thf§
act upon theearly Christians^]
The office of Lieutenant
Governor of the State is oe-l
copied by one against whom
in addition to an incompe
tence parent to all men,there
are grave suspicions of bribe
ry in the discharge of official
duties. The instruction of
our youth is intrusted to a
Superintendent of Public Ed
million, who to-day stands
indicted by a Grand Jury, of
n uuierous felonies, and whom
bis own party neither have
the courage to impeach nor
the audacity to defend. Our
judicial positions , with some
honorable exceptions, are fil
led bv men of no repute in
their profession, and in some
instances by those who first
announced themselves as
members of the bar by the
assumption! of the highest
honors of the bench. Our
inferior offices are occupied
in many instances by men
utterly illiterate, and so igno
rant of the simplest duties of
their positions that their at
tempts to discharge them
would he ludicrous if they
were not so harmful. Our
legislative halls are controll
ed by a combination of igno
rance and corruption which
baffles all hope of reforma
tion. The men who impose
our taxes are entirely dissev
ered in sympathy and inter
est from those by whom they
are paid. The logical and in
evitable consequence has been
that the rate of taxation,
State and local, has increased
more than fifteen hundred per
cent, in tue short space of
six years, and yet our people
■each day growing poorer,and
staggering under a burden
too grievous to be home, see
with despair the public ex
pense each- year exceeding
4tte*Mv|Ntflm ot hup jmU i
No relief from this intoler
able scene of wastefulness,
imbecility and corruption can
be oxpected at the bands of
the .republican party of the
Stafe. The Same men who
have wrought these evils are
still the'controlling spirits of
its organization, an<L\vili bo
its chosen leaders aim candi
dates in the approaching el
ection.
How, indeed, can a party*
be expected to put down cor
ruption which numbers upon
i trrtmw
trtfe't##fcomioted thieves,one
of U Uoin, convicted of petty
}&;<!pMvh™ P^d the penal
tiL aLhf^crime, and the oth
e^^OTpicted of eihbfezilo
teirtPi#%fow, art hflrtateof the
partite ntiury£The overthrow
ftf snch a government and
thft d^E^t, of such a party is
the supreme necessity of the
J|‘1*frSfiii#*as become the du
honest man. In
work upon a plat
,al rights to all
> the aid of all who
ite’.Hgence, rather
ice, purity, rat.h
iption, economy,
wasteful extrava
! low taxes, rather
liz/'d robbery under
,uise of taxation. For
sranceof thesoaspi
’ i our province and
Jbtnit to you a few
practice suggestions for the
conductfef the canvass. In
the first place we would dis
pel the apathy that springs
from a Want of hope.
j YY e are gratified at being
able to state that a careful
scrutiny lias satisfied us that
active exertions in a few
doubtful confides, coupled
with vigilance elsewhere,
will g»vo us control of the
next legislature. Conceding
to the republicans all coun
ties which arc clearly theirs,
and estimating that no blun
ders or carelessness on our
part will deprive us of those
w hide are already ours, there
remains six or eight counties
whir®'are more or less equal
iy WiSaneed and which must
4eei<l*the result. While in
UBOsWif these there are small
majoj^des against as, in no
one fffltneiii is there any nu
merical superiority which can
not mid will not yield to a
determined assault, nor are
diei'l&audng abundant, in
die;ri§|*ns that no shall carry
of pie largest repub
lican eonnfics in the State.
We regard as the first and
most important means of sue
cess, a tlmrough local organ
ization, and we cannot too
strongly urge upon our friends
generally, and upon county
committees especially, the im
portance of prompt addition
to this work. Let clubs he
formed at each precinct, and
let active men he appointed
to visit lire voters and procure
their enrollment- in these or
ganizations. These dribs, or
at least their officers and ex
ecutivc committees, should
meet weekly and discuss the
situation ot their neighbor
hood, and sec to it that no
voter is overlooked. Such lo
cal conferences will serve to
quicken the zeal of the ac
tive,-and awaken that of the
indifferent. We regard them
as more important and more
effective than barbecues and
public speeches, though these
last must not bo neglected.
We would suggest that these
clubs be formed at once, be
for^tbe cotton picking sea
son'Sets in. The registration
of our friends, and the
prevention of fraudulent reg
istration on 1 he part of our
oppfments? will of course on
gagethe active attention of
coutM' eommitteos, and we
woi|jd suggest that in this, as
wolf its in other work, the
services of the candidates for
office, can be most usefully
employed. Full and frequent
correspondence between the
several conn tv committees
-md the State committee, we
regard as very important.—
Wt solicit letters also from
private citizens in every local
ity. We beg that these letters
as well as reports from the
county committees be full,
free and candid, and without
exaggeration. If anywhere
our friends are lukewarm, in
different, or split tip by local
*»r.''personal divisions and
jealousies, we desire to know
it. If it bo deemed unsafe
m |rcst these communion
tioita to the mail then use tljo
express company.
Letters should be addressed
to Gen. J. Z. George, Chair
man, or to Marion Smith,
Secretary of Democratic arul
Conaeryativ© Executive Com
AMfittee, Jaok^o#i, Miss. Qim
friends, visiting the Capital
■
atferes-tebtfortly* Invited; to
eaBaCtfefcttMmstfif (Am <**»>•
mittee, and editors of ©ewio*
cratieaud Conservative pa
ring the eafivass, addressed
to Marion Smith, fiacaaetaty.
If t^e pprfonal present of
tlieGL air man of this cmn
mi ttee is at ally time de inied
advisable in any connty, for
any purpose, it can be freely
obtained by ash itten request
to that eflfecfe/bidiotf %
Many, other thoughts and
suggestions crowd upon its,
but we are admonished (hint
this address is already suffi
ciently extended. All that
we have to say may bo com
pressed into the single admo
nition that each man must
do bis duty. "*
As the hostile fleets of
Great Britain and Eranee
drew near to each other oft'
the coast of Trafalgar, each
English eye turned to the ves
sel that bore the broad pen
mini ot jam! jxcisuu, tooarcn
from him tho watch-word of
battle. Presently there was
signaled from his flag-ship
those imtnoi ral words—“En
gland expects each man to do
his duty.” As they ran from
ship to ship 1Ik3 most tremen
dous cheers burst forth and
rent the air. Gray-haired
veterans, who bore upon their
bodies the seat s of many bat
tles, and tender boys upou
whoso cheeks still lingered
the down of youth, alike
caught the inspiration and
felt that the eve of England
was upon them. These words
became immortal by victory,
tho memory of which will
not die as lougf as the Eng
lish tongue is spoken, or the
English language read.
Let us catch something of
that noble inspiration, and
let the thought that in this
contest Mississippi expects
each One ol‘ us to do his du
ty, brace up old age to bite
more effort, nerve manhood
to put forth all its strength,
and incite voutli to its no
*
blest enthusiasm,
.7. Z. George, Chairman.
.1 I) Vertner, H M Street,
W H H Tison, A T Roane,
H H Chalmers, E C Wal
thall, Tims B Sykes, John A
Binford, W A Percy, JAP
Campbell, E Richardson, U
M Young, J B Chrisman,
Roderick Seal, Committee.
INTERESTING LETTER
The Crystal Springs Club,by
resolution, requests the pub
lication of the following let
ter. Fanners, read it to the
colored voters on your farms.
It was written by a colored
man of Memj his to a colored
man of Dry Grove, Hinds
county :
Memphis, Tenn, Aug 17, ’75.
Dear Munson'.—
Your last is at hand and
contents’ noted. It found us
all well, as I trust this may
tind you.
I suppose times about Dry
Grove are about the same as
they are here, hard and tight.
I wrote a letter to my friend,
Mr Ed Washington, telling
him of the turn politics are
about to take here,and in oth
er places in tho South, and 1
will sav a word to you in that
direction. To begin with, Mr
Munson, you know I am no
politician; and yet.,at the same
time, I almost always cast, a
vote it the polls. I am no
party man, and yet, I have
always voted theBepublican
ticket. But I do think'the
time is now for oor people to
think, and aot, and vote, for
tjiemselvos and this is what
they are doing here in MWi
phis. - tMnioemfcs hem
haftciHiwti amplanehdsttf) t<^j
ward the colored people* ^hey.
have beew-rooh-by such men
as Gen’ls Forint and Pilldw
and the friendly meetings
that they have'bad at differ
ent times have tended topped*
the colored men’s ©yea. The
Democrats alid Colored people
here are about to unite in or
der to go fresh to the battle
in the next campaign and e
lent good,honest men bo they
Micans |Oi- txjrate,'
is. reduce the c^ovm
,HBia inri jn
ous tax. They propose to dp
as much fur tjlo poiocedl pe<>
lOe as Uipi Republicans will.
JSow, Mr Mnnsun, you know
!§§»««
‘pddlffb’has boon done 'by the
R epublican pforty. XJrat is all
jwy Rnttiiatw»isdpne
,out ojPooi icy., It was done to
get the bbtoiwvofe.' Woil; we
titan k God that it Was done.
But .bow is it nowi That
saute (tarty has the power
they worked to get, and wb»t
is the fact! They are here a
mong the Southern people,
bolding fat offices, robbing
the- public tBeasuries every
now and then, and running
away to parts unknown. The
fax-payers are burdened with
heavier faxes. The men who
rent lands or w ork on shares
have to pay high rent, accor
ding to high tax, and a great
deal of the suffering on the
part of the laboring classes
can he traced right up to the
system of corruption that is
plundering and robbing the
public treasuries. Well, the
Ueinocrats, All through the
Southern States, extend an
invitation to the colored peo
ple to unite with them in try
ing to elect good officers; and
they promise a better state of
things in the future.
Perhaps you say, Jackson,
we have tried that, once, and
they treated us badly. But I
say, Munson, let us give them
another trial. And I say that
for this reason: • All through
your State the colored farm
ers can scarcely live. Their
rent is high,and their former
masters are vory much against
them, and do not give them
the chance that they would
give them if the colored peo
ple would study the general
interests more. Those old
masters know that the color
ed people helped to pnl the
Northern politicians in office,
and they intend to make
those same colored suffer with
them. I do say that if we
would vote the Democratic
ticket in the South, it would
bo better in every respect.—
There would he less killing of
the tailored people;better teel
mg tor tnetn, a better chance
for a living; and we all,black
and white, would understand
each other better.
Jitnv, as I have said before,
I am no Democrat and no
Republican. I am for the
best good of my people.—
•Pinchbaek, the oclorod poli
tician aud ex-Governor of
Louisiana, addressed the col
ored people of Memphis last
Friday night, and told the
whites that the colored man
was going to vote for the par
ty that would do the most for
the colored poople. And I
say that this is the position
for us to take. If the Demo
crats will do what we want
them to do, I say give them
our votes.
I have been boarding here
in Memphis with a colored
man w h a rfmaster, a nd he gets
about two thousand dollars a
year. He was appointed to
that position by a Democratic
Mayor,(Mr League,)and that
Mayor was snpported by the
i colored people. So you see
there is a straw that shows
which way the wind blows.
Mr. Munson, the white peo
ple and the colored people in
the South are one in interest.
When they were children
they played together, they
slept togethor,and old colored
‘mammy’ nursed them togeth
er, and the Northern politi
cian separated them. But,sir,
the races can never live in
peace and harmony if they
are divided or separated.^
Their interests nmst be one,
and nothing will unite them
in friendly feeling so much as
Jf^tim white man to vote in
stne interest of the colored,
man, and for the colored man
tb vote in the interest of the
white man.
Mr. Mnnsou,if you wish to
see better times among tlie
colored peopleinHinds coun
ty, they^ will have to look .well
to these facts that I have
thrown out, I canned say in
a letter all that I would like
t» M&ti l have «ueh a poor
pen,.aui Ums,c«iwdsme.—
All the colored people.want
'*1'v >»• *<-* usa ’ ■ ■
* * tr
at Dry Grove is » «plg!
man t>>‘ aet
give them a fair statement of
thftrgk AWfioogli I take *o
part in politic^, yet if I were
with you, I Should b&'&rit
ftratnedfto iirnmit
once, at least, Tlie j
politicians who com© _ J
you have no i«tew*fc trt «ftw
pwtfS* AJNliey care fmJm
to get in office themselves;
and after y©tt'klt them. iunif
fhe*yon sfMph Ute them un
til they want another office.
They have ner mbie interest
in the welfare dflfe© &tp*r»
kh*
was robbing the people of
New York of six ajHiibrt dpi
lars. Now, my dear friondr
think of these things.
OsOBGB H. J A€&SOK,
To Mr. Garter Mnuson, Dry
Grove, Mississippi:
{3^The Wcstvilhi News of
tbe 21st saysc Col. Ben King,
of Copiah, has accepted ilio
nomination of member of thcr
Board of Supervisors from
his beat. Wo have always re
garded Col. King as a gentle
man of sterling worth and in
tegrity, a noble true patriot,
but this act on his part ha*
raised him many degrees in
our estimation. To think that
he, to whom the people of
Copiah would give any office
within their power to bestow,
that he would accept this
comparatively insignificant
position, is an exhibition of
nobleness ot disposition sel
dom met with in these degen
erate days,and Copiah ought,
as she doubtless will,properly
appreciate tbe act.
Work as a REMEDY.-Dr,
Dio Lewis says: A lady has
just left our rooms whose case
illustrates an important idea.
Ten years ago she was an fr>
valid. Her malady was ob
stinate, and at the end of a
gears’treatment a consulta
tion lesulted in the opinion
that her case was cerebospi
nal irritation, from which she
would never recover. Six
years ago her husband died.
His estate proved insolvent.
The wife engaged in an ac
tive occupation to support
her three children. Xu a year
she was well, and has remain
ed so since. There are two
million dyspeptics in Ameri
ca. Nine in ten of them
could be cured by work. A
wealthy clergyman from h
neighboring State assured us
that he had spent eight years
and thirty thousand dollars
in seeking a cure for dyspep
sia. He had traveled every
where and consulted all sorts
of doctors. We are afraid
he never will forgive ns for
tolling him that si* months’
hard work would make a welt
man of him.
Bones as Fertilisers.—
The Bussinns have credit for
being the first to mix com
mon wood fshea with un
ground bone# in a way to
render the bones soluble and
powerful fertilizers, combin
ed with the alkalies in tho
asnos. Where ono has a con
sidora'de quantity of both a
trench is dug in the ground
some three feet deep, and
filled with a layer of ashes at
tho bottom, then one of
bones, say six inches thick of
each, till the trench is full,
having ashes at the top as
well as the bottom. Each
layer of uahesand bones must
be wet with water, fm: chem
ical action to take place, and
the bones to become decom
posed. Stakes are,drivonin
to tbe pile three feet apart to
the bottom, by tho removal
of which, every eight or ten
days, as much water may bo
ponred into the mass as wilt
keep up the saturation of the
fermenting compound. Af
ter eight weeks the ashes and
softened bftoes are mixed by
forking* np the pile, which
receives more water unless
wet, and the mass is left for
farther decoinposition. In
three months a rich compost
is ready for use.
Tlio addition of as mnch
plaster as bones, and half as
much salt, giewtly improves
the fertilize!. The best sta
ble manure will go from five
to ten times timber if It is
strengthened by mineral fer
tilizers.
Denj ibTHYB. H Catching, b
D. '’,-r-OfBee, Cook building, up
ataiBs,is prepared to execute neatly
and thoroughly alt Dental work at
reasouablo rates __x-J7
^iBh.IdO,OUO llx». of Dry aad'Giecu
Hides wanted, for which IMson,
Flowers & Co, of Cjptal, will p»y
yew Or baas pike# iff Cash or
trade. 36