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The Lessons of Adversity.,
Adversity has its Ieessns in agriculture
not lees thtn in politic?, medicine, finance
morals. Of the latter we spoke in a late is
sue. Of those to be draan from the present
agiicaltaral adversity and distress in Eng
land, we spake at considerable length a week
or two before. If that distress shall lead
even remotely to a change or modification
of the laws of inheiitance and entail, of rent
al of farms and the compensation to be pid
to tenants for the "betterment" they make,
of forestry and game, eta, which seems to
tu Americans cot only oppressive acd un
just to tenants, but most unwise eren far the
landlords, if this be the result, then that
adversity will not hare been without iu
wholf some effect.
In the different parts of our own country,
various forma of adversity hare at different
times taught their various kswne. In par s
of New York, some thirty years ago, wneit
raising became almost the exclusive indus
try: soil and climate seemed to favor, and it
paid better for a time than anyihiog else.
jvery available acre for a few years wsa put
to wheat Not enough stock was kept to re
turn to the soil in manure any adequate
proportion of the fertility exhausted by the
successive crops. Ol course, adversity fol
lowed, crops dnindlid. The fly, the "win-ter-kiil"
(another same for poverty of soil),
and the weevil made havoc Men of our
own acquaintance, who had raised two or
three thousand bushels of wheat annually,
now harvested hardly as many hundred,
and were finally forced to abandon the in
dustry entirely, until the land, as if under
the old Mosaic law, had enjoyed its sabbaths
of rot. Toe farmers learned the lesson be
fore the land was exhausted, and now under
a wiser system of mixed husbandry, with
rotation of crops, and more cat le and sheep,
and the freer use of clover and manure, both
liuq'd and solid, the fertility is restored and
retained, and even heat in many cases is
yielding aeaily its former abundant har
vests. In parts of II inois the same leson is
hardly yet learned. It was deemed at first
thst the aurvelouely deep, black soil had
fertility exbaostle, and that manure was
needless. Corn alter corn, and wheat after
wheat were raised and sold off of the farms,
the straw sad stilka were burned and wasted,
and even the manure made by the few bead
of stock kept on the farms wsa not properly
saved or used. That which colltcted about
the bams was voted a nutates and seldom
carted to the fields. The joke used to be
that when the manuie-pile grew to be larg
er than the barn, the barn was moved to a
new spot ! The rich gift of nature in soil
snd dims' evea led In auifilatsneaa and
slovenliness in farming. O'couiee, teTeHe
would come in time, and already on many
farms, and even in wholedi tiicts, diminish
ed crop and frequent fsilurei an t( aching
that the laiisb gif J of nature are not to be
abu ed or over es imated, acd that industry,
economy, tidintst and thoroughly good
farming bring their due rewards thi re even
s j in the old and naturally less ferti'e Stales.
In the dairy districts of Niw York and
Ohio the farmets are learning a new lesson,
or rather the old lesson slightly varied. The
high prices of dairy products "doling and af
ter the war led ti over-production. In
many section dsirjiag became the exclusive
industry. Every acre was devot.d to per
manent meadow and pasture, and ever an
imal was a cow and every gallon of milk
was jealously taken to the cheese factory.
The calves were "deaconed" and not raised.
Scarcely an acre was plowed in while town
ships, and the farmers bought floor and po
tatoes for their familie ', and shorts and grain
lor their cows add horses. Ordinary and
regular farm work almost cved, except to
milk the cows and cut the hay in tuinmer,
and feed the toes and cut the fire-wood a
winter. With no regular, a-eady, well-directed
labor, men grew sbinUss, feoee and
tarma ran down, old auaeows ran out
Simple top-dressing did not bring in the
lost seed. Piowiag, manuring, judicious ro
tation, and isasidlng were need d. Had
the price of dairy products remained high,
this wretched state of things might have
continued till the farms were worse than ran
down. Reveres was needed, aad the sodden
and treaatndooi decline ia prices set men to
thinking. It was plain they could not
make a living on the old plan, and there
moat be a change. The erred, that "the
cow is bettor than the plow," be.aa to be
doubled. The land lose rested from wheat
aad other grain, and vegetables, were
f on I to prodree fins crops if properly tilled,
specially when tile-drained. More plots
and other instruments for the ccItiva'Mi ot
the soil, we are credibly aof irmed, were sold
in these dairy regions, ia 1877 and 1878.
than in twen-y years just before. To ad
vereky ia dsirfiag thrust three lessons be
fore the farmets aad forced thea to heed
them: That farm labor most be regular,
persistent, well-directed, end fairly dirrib
uted through the rear to meet doe rewards;
that over production In any one direction is
unsafe; and that in the long run a syrem
of fairly divided mixed husbandry is the
best,'
But enough of special examples. In gen
eral, it may be said that adversity sets men
to thinking. It jo'tles them rudely some
times, out of the ruts they were mechanical
ly following. It sets them to tearching for
me cauws ol lailore or distress. It makes
them students in-tead of automatons, men
and not machines. It teaches that patient,
tnougntiui, persistent, wen-divMed, well
directed effort is sure of reasonable reward.
Rural New-Yorker.
POST sTFICB HOtTBM:
From 7 a. u. to 9. p. at. Honey Orders
issued from 9 A. M. to 6 p. m. Sundays
excepted. U. J. RlNCKlt, F. M.
OKKBPI'S AVtatrST VLtWH.
It la natural for people suffering with Dy apep
sla and Liter Complaint or any derangement ol
the digrstire organs, auch aa Soar Stomaeh.Sick
Headache, Habitual Cut iveaeaa. Palpitation of
the Heart, Heart born. Water-brash, gnawing
and burning pains at the pit of the Stomach,
Yellow Skin, Coated tongue, aad diaagreeable
taste m the month, coming np of food alter eat
ing, low spirits, Ac , to put off from day to day
baying an artiale that taey know baa cared their
neighbor, friend or relative yet Ibey have no
faith in it until It la too late. Bat it too will
go to vourdraraiat and set bottle of Green's
August Flower yoor immediate cars la as cer
tain as you lire, sample Dollies or uus medi
cine can be obtained for It cents to try its supe
rior virtue. Kegulsraise 73 cents. Try it, two
doses wilt relieve sny case.
) alalia aasl Arsaale
Form the baaia of many of the Ague remedies
ia the market, and an the last resort of Physl
eiana and people who know an better medielae
to employ, for tab) distressing complaint. The
egeetaof either of these drags are destructive
to the system prsduclag headache, intestinal
disorders, vertigo, dlaaineaa, ringing of the ears
and depression ol the constitutional health.
Aran's Ar.ii Ccax is a vegetable discovery.
containing neither quinine, arsenic, nor aay de
leterious Ingredient, aad ia aa Infallible aad ra
pid cure for every form of Fever and Ague. Its
effects are permanent and certain, and no Injury
can resell from its use. Besides being a positive
cure for Fever and Angus In all ol Its forms, it
is also a superior remedy for Liver Complalnta.
It la an sxcellent tonic aad preventive, aa well
aa cure, of all complaints peculiar to malanooa,
marshy and miasmatic districts. It acts directly
on, the Liver and biliary apparatus, thus stlrau
latiag tile system to a vigorous, healthy condi
tion. For sale by U. J. Fringer.
A TaaKB'aciBIHV.
The pride of a mother, the life snd joy oi a
home, are ber children, benoe her grief whea
aiekaesa enters aad tales them away. Take
warning then, that you are running a terrible
risk, if they hare a Cough, Croup or Whooping
Cough, which lead to Consumption ii yon do not
attend to it at once. SlIILOH'S CONSUMP
TION CUUK is guaranteed to core them. Price
10 cents, SO eta ami SI so. For lame back, aide
or cbest. use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Price 23
cents. Sola by II. J. Fringer, Drnggbt.
TBI BEST g atTEss KKsTW aF.
J. G. Starkey, a prominent and influential cit-
uea of Iowa Cily, says: ' I have hadthrDye
pepsia aad Lirer Complaint for aeveral years.
ami have used every remedy I coald hear of.
without any relief whatever, until I saw your
Shiloh's iialiaer advertised in our per, aad
was persuaueu 10 try it. t am nappy so scaie
that it has entirely cured me. It ia certainly
the best remedy 1 ever knew ol.M Price .3 ct.
bold by U.J. Fringer, lttugaut.
S1III.OIIS CATABKII BEMKDV. A mar.
vetoua cure for Catarrh. Diphtheria, Canker
mouth, and Headache. With each bottle there
is an lajtemooa nasal injector for the more suc
cessfol treatment of the complaint, wliboat ex
tra charge. Price So et. Sokt by II. J. Fringer,
Vll(jil, UVigBbHJ.nM.
WEEKLY POST-DISPATCH
AnEightpage Paper of 7 columns. Size
31 by 53 inches making it the Largest
Weekjy Paper Published in the West.
Special attention given tog
Grain, Produce, lire Stock
Aaa MersaaasMss laa-tssK
Not of St. Louis but of ai: the principal
markets of this com try and Europe, and
to all subjects of special Interest to the
FARMER. MECHANIC AND TRADES
HAN. K POLITICS PbUSOCbUTIC
raicss. wafWAttm rmmrjuw mntt
gXAB Al TWBflTT.VITK
cbntsbbbybab.
special terms to agents. post
mas rebs and publishers 8ent
ON APPLICATION.
tad for pectine Cotnea
Address PQST-D.SPATCH
T. I.CIS.
1880. 1880,
The Globe-Democrat,
ST. LOUIS.
The Globe-Democrat renews Its claims to pop
ular faror and patronage, with Increased facili
ties for gaining and retaining both, and with in
creased determination to mora than redeem ita
oft-made pledges to All the fall measure of reas
onable expectatkn aa a political, family and
general newspaper.
Politically the Glebe-Democrat la recognised
Irom one endof the country to the other aa the un
flinching champion of that Republicanism that
came in power in time to aave the Union from
destruction, aad has aiace devoted all its caer-
gies to the preserratioa intact ol the fruits of
ine war lorceu npon us oy ine reoeis oi me iouici
aided ex the Democrats of the North. We hate
opposed all forma of compromise and concilia
tion that seemed to aim at a restoration to pow
er in this country of the men and the organiaa-
tloa wnirn lavotyea ae la ine norrora or eit u
war. The Democratic nartv ia now in the field
for then fit Presidential election with lbs doc
trines or Slate runts aad nullification eraolas-
oned on ita banner. If successful, it will moat
assuredly carry oat its promise to repeal all the
lesislatlon Beceaaitated nr the war and ita re-
atula, and will Inaugurate a policy which will
encourage and assist aaother attempt at acces
sion and rebellion. This ia what ihe boaat of
the solid isoath" means. There tebutooeaa-
Udotefor a Solid South and the rniold erlla it
threatens, and that Is Solid North, unites !a a
Arm purpose to keep the political power ol the
Matioa In the sections which sent forth iu loyal
leeions so cruan reaeiiioa aaa restore ins inies'-
rily of the Union. Events have unmistakably
pofntel to ben. D. S Great as the inevitable
candidate of the Bepublicaa party for this great
contest. There are others worthy as be, bat
there stuns to be no man so certain to consolid
ate In his faror all the elessenU ol success.
Hence, we have supported and urged hia nom
ination, ksepiag In view solely the welfare of the
Bepublicaa party aad the heataasaraaeeof its
triumph in lsev.
as a cencrai newsnaner nr me counnnsroom
the faniilv and the fireside, lie Globe-Democrat
will keep abreast at the beat publications af the
day. Our feeililieeew the collection efne we are
uaaarpaascti eisner eaa or wees, n e spare no
expense to obtain the latea aad most accurate
iatelUgeaea Irom all (Barters by mall and tele
graph. We hare correspondents at all newa
centres througnoat the country, aad their fall
and interesting caroalelce of events tell how
faithmily they perform the duties assigned them.
Our Commercial Mews is prepared with great
cars, and ws may aafely challenge a compromise
or this department of the Globe-Democrat with
IhatofAnyotherBewspaperlnthecouatry. Our
ainals fullness aad accuracy, seeking to cover
all aubjecta ot general commerce, aad to give
the latest Information and quotations as to each.
Tama? sMfcLAJK WIULT g.BB-
BaaOCBA.
Ia pursaaaee of ear determination to place
the Weekly issue of the Globe-Democrat within
the reach of everv voter In the West for the cam
paign of lSo, we hare reduced its price to one
dollar per annua, postage prepaid by aa. Thle
makes it, consldenag ita aise and qoalltyrtbe
cheapest newspaper la the country, we are
ennSJeet thai tnla llheralitr oa our Dart will be
met byageaerous response from the people of
mewnoie neai.
BCBSCaUrTI! PM1CKS.
DAILY.
Including Sunday, per year. 112 00
Without Sundav, per year 1100
Including bandar. In dubs of three
and nnwaraa ii ui
Without Sunday, in clubs of three
and upwards 1U w
TRI-WEKKXT.
Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays per
vssr a tai
la clube of Fire and upward 4 SO
SEMIVWEEKLV.
Tuesdays and Fridays S 00
In clubs of Fire and upwards 3 SO
ONE DOLLAR
Payable In advance. Special rates to Agents.
DemilUnrrs should be made b railed States
Post OSes Money orders, baak drafts, or regis
tered letters, whenever it caa be done. Direc
tions aboald be made plaialy, gif lag naaae of
rosieioce, txmniy aaa aiaie.
Address all letters GLOBE PKINTKG COM-
PAST, ST. LOUIS. Mo.
Town Lots and Lands For
Sale.
1Aara tata ttamahnmnaaraBari eaea4 aiaa a aaaar a it
land improved aad aaimproved. in amaii
and large quantities, toraale. Analr to
BL IJUIJUaJC.
FINE MEHIK0 HAMS.
0-lf ITU. KLOOB aUUUWO KAMS for
W sale CHEAP FOK CASH. orwiU
irale for good yeerag Ewes.
Those wishing to purchase Rams will lad it
tu their Interest to address.
W. J. COLW.N A SOX.
oeaS-Sm Laraad. Kaasas.
Sheep Tor Sale Cheap.
1 Oafal GOODKWXSt Oaf LAaTK aal
Xf$JJ MO WXTHOtS. Stock all yoas.
tall or address. C. K. MOOCC.
Kaarts I miles north of Sfeartlille. Kas.
arS-lm
WRIGHT HOUSE.
F. J. LEONARD. Prop'r.
bavixo oratas iu hocsi with
ybbytbuivsb mtw,
I INTEND TO KEEP AS GOOD A
HOUSE IK EVERY RESPECT
AS CANBETOVXD IX TUB STATS.
Term, $2 Per Day.
FLOURING MILLS,
MB CTTT. BAlvaAa.
ABA BOW atAatCTACrCaUS-Q THB
Choicest Brands of Eonr.
THE MOST IMPROVED MILLING
APPARATUS IN USE.
rmmam mmam. ahb wli, wmurn
.eoastaatly oa hand
HIGHEST BASKET PRICE PAID FOR
WHEAT.
Orders promptly tiled. All orders from the
city delivered Ires of charge.
H. F. MAT A CO.. Proprietors.
MARSH SON,
WHOLESALE AMD KETAIL DEALERS IX
DRY GOODS,
Clothing, Boots and Shoes,
AT AHa CAB. MBTIBivsl.
BLANKETS. DRESS GOODS. UNDER
WEAR. SHIRTS,
SHEETINGS. Bleached and Unbleached.
LADIES' ad GENTS' WEAR, all kinds.
VsTBS AJTB LTata.
A large stock of
PRINTS AND MUSLINS.
A lull stock of Taney aad Staple
GROCERIES.
Also, FLOUR AND FEED.
A few doors West of Post eel o.
DODGE Cnr. KAN.
WATCHES. CLOCKS,
AiidJEWEI Repaired.
BBAtVeU JT. BVanAHB.
Maaamctarer of
Fine Jewelry and Watches,
DTAXOXDS AHDALL OTSSMPiK-
C10VS STOSKS MOXmiKD
TOOBDKR.
BSMtaUnrsw. BBAVS.1 WHK.
DODGE CITT. XaJT.
8. G. McCONNHX,
HCNMIT TAILMg
AaTsHfCaWee KuMai,
Largest stock is the West.
isits Dodge City every three months. Xest
tiaitXoveaiberUth.